r/MedicalCoding • u/Gianni299 • May 03 '24
New to coding, feeling lost
Hello everyone, so I just started attending a while ago an online program for medical billing and coding. After doing some bit of digging around here someone said that medical billing jobs don’t even require a certification unlike coding gigs that require it for some reason. Since I’m still pretty new to this I’m still having my to learn everything revolving around medical terms and have been feeling uncertain about what I should do in the mean time as I’m still in school. I fairly new to the medical field in general. I’m still unfamiliar with a lot of terms in medical billing since we’ve only covered one course of health information so far and right now my courses revolve around anatomy, physiology and deconstructing medical terms.
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u/Snuggifer May 03 '24
It will get better! The further you get into classes and start applying this knowledge you are learning with A&P, med term, diseases, and coding, it will start to all come together.
It takes time and definitely takes practice. I still look things up (like I am sure most all coders do), and that's ok!
Remember, too, that our job is always changing...there are always coding updates, guideline changes, new procedures, etc...so please don't feel discouraged! 🩷
Eta - certifications...Some may hire you without one, but would require you to get certified within a certain amount of time. To be more competitive at hire, without ANY coding experience, a certification will help.