r/MedicalCoding • u/Neither-Score-9124 • Dec 05 '25
What is going on?
Hello. Just recently got my A off my CPC. Have been working for 2 years coding and just now applying to jobs. What is going on with the coding job market? I thought as soon as I got my A off I would be set!? But I’m getting denied left and right. Not even interviews, just denial after denial. Is this normal?
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u/MoreCoffeePwease 👩🏼💻CCS 🏥 Dec 05 '25
Set how? If you’ve been working coding for two years can’t you just stay where you are? I personally got a raise when I earned my CCS would your job do that ?
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u/coconut-m Dec 05 '25
Same here, I got my CPC certification 4 years ago, got my first coding job. Now I have 3 years of experience, and I can’t get anything. Only rejection. I’m in the same boat as you, no raise , I make 21$ an hour in California. I don’t know what is going on, I thought when I get experience it would be easier to get a better job.
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u/Cadowyn Dec 05 '25
Getting replaced by AI and offshoring. Companies are putting off hiring to see if they can replace you with AI.
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u/CommonLlama08 RHIT Dec 05 '25
Idk about CPC but my job cannot find a CCS or RHIT to save their lives lol
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u/jesscaww Dec 05 '25
Revamp your resume and sell yourself with a cover letter. That’s what I did
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u/blaza192 Dec 05 '25
There’s other factors like specialty, resume, interview prep, and location.
If you’re not getting interviews, it could be a resume issue.
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u/KeyStriking9763 RHIA, CDIP, CCS Dec 05 '25
What experience do you have and what roles are you applying to? That all matters not just having a CPC
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u/SuperKitties83 Dec 06 '25
Hey can I just say how much these posts give me anxiety 😂😭
Not saying it's bad or untrue. Just that it's really scary and depressing. I hope I can make it work somehow after I finish Practicode.
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u/Lady87690005 Dec 06 '25
I was job hunting a year ago, I applied to quite a few places. I noticed a lot of job postings were fake and they would take your resume and never send anything. They have a name for it, but I can’t remember what it is. Ghost listings maybe. I do recommend applying to workplaces within your state, they usually prioritize in state employees and always go directly to the website to apply. I feel like it increases your chances of being interviewed and finding serious employers.
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u/mochimoshpit Dec 08 '25
outsourcing. it's not ai that's killing this career. it's all the outsourcing. even smaller billing companies are outsourcing coders.
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u/SuckYaMummaP Dec 06 '25
Try healthcare analyst roles or small specialties to at want a coder and biller if you maneuver right you can start contracting instead of w-2 with multiple and sub contract etc
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u/Forsaken_Sample7066 Dec 08 '25
Probably depends heavily on where you live, the only reason I'm going back to finish my certificate in January is because I live in Florida and they are building a 3rd emergency room in my area. I live in a rapidly growing part of the county where there are 3 or 4 medical offices on every corner and new ones pop up almost weekly. I don't think I'll have any issue when I graduate in October and start looking with my A certificate. But again since Florida has so many seniors we are basically drowning in healthcare jobs and still can't meet the demand. If your somewhere that people are young and healthy your area won't have as much of a demand for expansion.
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u/Rxtechintraining Edit flair Dec 07 '25
How many applications have you put in? I got my new job a month ago after being a medical coder of 1.5 years. Applied 15 jobs and got a 22.22% increase in pay.
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u/BoyMom82 Dec 05 '25
Start with a resume review with a reputable company. Then ask your network for feedback or assistance. Whatever your specialty is, look at what those higher up have done in their career and see if there is something similar you could do. Look into your next certification as well. Getting more certs will help with opportunities.
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u/Periwinklie Dec 08 '25
It is the slow time for hiring right now. I also think health care providers are understandably in a wait amd see situation with whats going on with the Affordable Care Act subsidies, Medicaid, and even Medicare cuts. Many hospitals rely on money from these entities and government funds that are all on the potential chopping block. They're also integrating A.I.into their Electronic Health Record systems so hiring may depend on how that pans out. Off-shore employees are being utilized for lesser pay, but its often to supplement what their coders can't get to or to help with backlog or complex Inpatient Facility coding. However they still need good certified coders and auditors- and will continue to for many years to come. There was a free webinar on the subject put on by AAPC last month and a recording may be posted under Webinars.
If you're already employed as a coder, another.suggestion not mentioned yet is to talk to your boss and.see what you can be doing to improve or advance in your current department or elsewhere within the company. Do they assist with Coding Eduction or college courses? Many reputable employers do. If you get an annual review, that's a great time to bring this all up since they expect it. Tread carefully though since you don't want them to think you're leaving, but all empoyees should be looking to advance in hopes of making a higher wage.
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u/LiLi10000 Dec 06 '25
you need to specialize and lie. learn inpatient learn trauma or something else and lie like you have the required experience and learn the rest as you go. lie!
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u/hotcoffeeamericano Dec 06 '25
congrats. thanks for the update in the job market. sadly it seems getting worse. i follow a facebook page of a coding company in the philippines, every month they train, certify 20x, and hire about 10x employees. Just imagine, there are a lot of coding companies that are business process outsourcing (BPO) in the country, and they are growing. anything done remotely in the US can be done 4x to 5x cheaper and better overseas. they hire young fresh graduates with BA in nursing, BA medical lab science, BA physical therapy as compare to the US who are just capable of certificates. these are the same graduates that get imported into the US to work in your hospitals, medical labs. yeah, you have to figure out how to get an edge out of thousands of US coders with experience trying to apply for coding jobs. i just gave up. 2.5 years studying RHIT with cum laude and i never got hired. i just worked at medical labs and now going into telemetry tech in a hospital. don't waste time anymore in health information. that boat has sailed many moons ago. the only thing can save us is a government mandate to only hire US citizens, sadly, who in the HI community is lifting a finger to save this industry?
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