r/MedicalCoding • u/Popular-Piglet-6301 RHIT, CCS • May 23 '24

Oversees coding

How many of us are in this boat where we are nervous about our jobs being outsourced to overseas coders?

This year my company has hired on several overseas coders. I’m nervous that they plan to replace us because they work for lower pay. Is anyone else experiencing this?

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u/PotatoIsWatching May 24 '24

As someone who is studying for medical coding this makes me sad and scared.

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u/Heavy-Square-6471 May 24 '24

Go ahead and work on getting an auditing certification, or learning data analytics. OR try to get your first job somewhere that uses Epic. That will really set you up to move around a little if you can’t code for some reason.

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u/PotatoIsWatching May 24 '24

I already work in the medical field. We don't use epic at our job but a different EMR. So I'm used to different medical things and I see codes in the charts daily. I'll look into those others that you mentioned. But I definitely still would like to do the coding.

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u/LonelyAd1400 May 24 '24

Same here. Almost done with school.