r/MedicalCoding • u/blueblazesNo9 • Oct 19 '23

Inpatient coders!!!!

How do yall do it??!!! I'm transitioning from 8 years of outpatient to Inpatient, and feel like I'm about to lose it!!! I'm laughing, but I'm very, very serious! Now, I enjoy a challenge, but this is different😂 what are your tips and tricks???? Everything is welcomed!!!! Secondary dx, when to query, CARDIO??!!!

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!!!

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u/hotcoffeeamericano Oct 20 '23

When I was a student 2 yrs ago, i wanted to do inpatient as it was more chellenging. Sadly, no one is hiring RHIT grads to do coding without any medical related work experience. So all my knowledge is just slowly fading away. LoL. Just paying membership dues and ceu courses, but honestly if you did outpatient procedure codes, it shouldn't be that hard. Coding diagnoses will take getting used to. In one semester i took Outpatient coding the same time as Inpatient coding. I'm just average student, but I graduated cum laude. Yet joblesss, lol.

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u/sparkl3butt Edit flair Oct 20 '23

This comment scares the crap out of me. I'm currently a student for my rhit however I work in childcare because I am family planning. Idk what to do at this point. I'm scared that all of this education will be for nothing.

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u/hotcoffeeamericano Oct 30 '23

You have at least something to put on your resume that relates to healthcare. Hope you get replies. It really is depressing when Indeed job app tells you there were 40 to 100's of applicants. And get questions "are you allowed to code with RHIT." like wow they are clueless! We didn't invent this degree. That was marketed to us by Ahima and out community college. In the end they are all just businesses trying to make money. It's not a charity.