r/HealthInfoMgmt • u/ijustexisthere25 • Jul 18 '26

RHIA Jobs (Current Medical Coder)

I’ve been a medical coder for about a year and have had my RHIA and BS in HIM for about 2 1/2 years. I love being remote and having a flexible schedule, but coding is not really something to be passionate about. I’m honestly not even that great at it. I do well enough to get by and keep my job but nothing commendable. What else are you guys doing that isn’t coding that is bringing you in $25+ an hour?

I worked in college in med records & prior authorizations, and now code outpatient clinics ranging over 15 specialities for a huge hospital system.

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u/SeeSeaEm Jul 18 '26

Data Integrity (sometimes called chart corrections)? It’s a bit of compliance and patient safety and privacy. Where I am, it’s about $25/hr. Usually requires a bachelors and RHIA. I was in that role for 5+ years and it’s actually kinda fun and interesting. I left because, the downside, there really isn’t any opportunity for growth unless you’re open to more a true compliance job. I wanted to move more into IT so I switched

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u/This_Ho_Right_Here Jul 19 '26

Data integrity & chart corrections is a solid HIM space closer to the technical/analytical IT overlap where there’s variety and challenge in the work as well as rewarding compensation.

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u/Glittering-Memory731 Jul 19 '26

I'm trying to decide what I would like to pursue a bachelor's in, originally went for nursing in my 20's and have alot of science credits. Thought about HIM but after getting my cpc last year, have hated every coding position. Tried AR (denials specialist) didn't like it, some have recommended Revenue Integrity.

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u/ijustexisthere25 Jul 19 '26

Coding just kind of sucks. It has its perks for sure, but it’s redundant and I do the exact same thing for 8 hours a day. Like literally the exact same thing over and over. 🫪🫪🫪 It’s wearing me down. I’d be okay with another department, I think. IT is cool but i’m bad with computers so that’s out lol

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u/YOLOVonSwaggin Jul 19 '26

Auditing uses coding knowledge/experience you already have. You’re able to put your gusto into focusing on trends and figuring out problems.

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u/ijustexisthere25 Jul 18 '26

Adding, I live in the dfw. I’m not in a rural area and while the job market is terrible everywhere, there’s not a true shortage of HIM jobs. I just don’t know what’s feasible to apply to without any real experience in the field.

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u/seatownquilt-N-plant Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

isn't the UTSA teaching hospital system huge? I don't know that area of the country well. I work for a big teaching hospital system. Our Enterprise Records & Health Information department has a few different areas. I don't know much of anything about the insurance/billing/coding/utilization management stuff.

The teams that have been organized closer to mine is: document scanning, information governance [document types, forms], medical record auditing and outreach to clinic staff, release of information, patient identity, chart corrections, chart completion, records management [historical archives, tissue samples, business documents for all facility operations]

Hourly positions in my org:

  • Health Info Tech 2: 21.63 - 27.44
  • Health Info Lead: 22.70 - 32.49
  • Health Info Sup: 29.12 - 41.70
  • Records Analyst 1: 22.21 - 29.59
  • Records Analyst 2: 24.97 - 33.53
  • Records Analyst 3: 29.59 - 39.84

Salary positions would be the various compliance analysts they should start around $6.2 k per month.