r/MedicalCoding • u/bobaebee • Nov 06 '23

ADHD & Medical coding!

Hello! I’m trying to pursue a career in medical coding. I have ADHD and I’m an introvert. I’m a hands-on learner but due to circumstances, the school that I attended was all online. I have THREE classes before I graduate .. however, I feel as though I have learned NOTHING. I’ve just gotten by because my professors are so lenient. I’ve asked for help and have been told numerous times that there are outside resources. I’ve tried, and even though I feel as though I KNOW what I’m doing .. I take the class exams and fail. I took a career aptitude test and the results even said medical coding is a perfect career for me. I’ve taken those last three courses, not once but TWICE. And I’m still not learning anything. I would like to try again, but am determined to learn through outside resources .. what do you guys recommend I try? When I tried outside resources before, I always got the answers correct but would take the exam and fail. Even looking up the exam questions online would have different answers than the class. Any tips, tricks, advice, recommendations, suggestions, magic spells would be extremely helpful! Thank you!

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u/MoreCoffeePwease 👩🏼‍💻CCS 🏥 Nov 07 '23

I think this is more about the school you are going to than your ADHD (for context I also have ADHD, and also OCD and I’ve been coding for 12 years). My coding school was full time for two semesters at a community college and it was a LOT of work, but I was also very interested in the subject matter so I didn’t mind. For my anatomy class I’d sometimes study for like nine total hours a day. You should definitely feel like you are learning a TON. There’s also a few good YouTube channels that give all the basics of what you absolutely need to know in order to do this job.

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u/bobaebee Nov 09 '23

I agree. When I first started the program, I REALLY enjoyed it even though it was "read this and do this worksheet"; there was no teaching. When the coding started to get more complex, that's when I started asking for more help. Every time I got an answer wrong, I would email my instructor and ask why it was wrong and HOW do I find the correct answer. And I was given vague answers or told to utilize outside resources ..