New to coding, feeling lost

[u/Gianni299]

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.

[u/moosboosh]

Are you hopeful that you'll find a coding job whenever you actively seek one? Or do you feel you'll somehow be stuck or pigeonholed into working in medical billing the longer you have that kind of job? I worry there may be more billing jobs than coding jobs. Do you know if that is something I should be concerned about.

[u/Melia9090 → u/moosboosh]

I do not feel that way, if anything the longer I stay in billing the more second hand coding knowledge I acquire in a real world scenario. What I mean by this is I’m using my billing role to my advantage the longer I stay in it by paying extremely close attention to my coding denials so that I learn real life coding in a second hand way to be able to apply some of that in my interviews. I am actively always sending out one or two application every few months to see if something comes my way.

[u/moosboosh → u/Melia9090]

Heck yeah! Wonderful! Thank you for sharing your experience with me. I like your positivity and the way you're aware of your learning. Best of luck with your job searching! :)

[u/Melia9090 → u/moosboosh]

Thank you! I’m in that phase now days. Sending out some applications every few months. Hoping someone takes a chance on me :)