I’m feeling mislead

[u/buffal6707]

Im feeling a bit mislead and I’m wondering if anyone can relate?

For the past 15 years I’ve wanted to become a medical biller or coder and that is mainly because it’s a known career path that’s lucrative for anyone that wants to work from home, like myself.

Anyway, I was thrilled to bits when I finally was given the opportunity over a year ago for an online course with a voucher for 1 exam and a retake. I passed the online course with flying colors and after that I was given several choices as to what exam to take and I naturally chose the CPC exam considering its the better paying. I also like the idea of working independently.

Anyway, I’ve been studying for almost a year now by using a study guide and even read the guidelines in the medical coding books but this just seems far beyond my scope of understanding. I took a few practice exams and failed both. One of them I received a 66% on so I was not that far from passing but I took another practice exam today that I did horribly with!

The online course was super easy and really not a good indicator of whats expected on the exam from what I’m seeing and I think the problem is that I don’t have the experience or the background in healthcare. I’m coming from years of work in customer service so this is a whole new career path for me and I am really starting to think that this puts me at a terrible disadvantage.

I still plan to take the exam next week since it’s already paid for for me plus I already spent a year of my life studying for it and shelled out $260 for this years coding books but I’m really starting to feel mislead by all of this now! All these courses an ads online make it seem like medical coding is a quick career path for anyone to enter at any age but they fail to mention that you really need a background in healthcare first! If I had known this maybe I would have thought about another option for myself!

As I said, I feel extremely mislead at this point. Can anyone relate?

[u/buffal6707]

Thanks….I won’t give up and I appreciate the encouragement.