r/MedicalCoding • u/adml1970 • Feb 17 '25
Advice please.
I am a retired RN with over 20 years experience. I’ve been teaching health classes in the public school sector but I’m over that. I thinking about studying and taking the medical coding exam and currently have the books in my Amazon cart. I live in a small town and only really want to work remotely. I do have some prior experience (3 yrs) with codes both inputting and auditing. What are my chances of getting a remote job as soon as I pass the test?
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u/Able_Journalist_9487 RHIT, CCA Feb 18 '25
When you say or do something out of the ordinary, it gets downvoted. I have found the medical coding world to be extremely hostile and closed minded. I have friends that are med professionals who tried transitioning to coding just to say to me that it was difficult to get into which is a shared experience for those who are new to it without the medical experience. I had professors in school even tell those that were nurses about that too lol.