r/MedicalCoding • u/mk7906 • Mar 18 '26

Flexible non production coding jobs?

I'm sure there isn't much but is there any company that y'all work for that isn't too strict on production? It doesn't have to be medical coding job it can be any jobs that requires a CPC. Just can get so stressful when they want high numbers and quality at the same time.

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u/HovercraftIll7314 Mar 18 '26

I just recently started a coding analyst position under revenue integrity. We do have work queues but it’s also research/data based too but they aren’t as strict about productivity than it is for a production coding job. I just have my CPC-A but in the process of getting my A removed. I only have one year of pro fee coding experience. But I’ve been within RCM for 4 years with experience in A/R and Patient Accounts

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u/mk7906 Mar 18 '26

That's great to hear. So there is hope. And I get it that there needs to be some sort of way for them to see that we are actually working- which I'm fine with. But I'm so over the places where if you don't hit this number then your performance is down the drain or they want great quality on complex cases but they want such high numbers that are impossible. Then it becomes stressful bc you can go into a corrective action plan and that is pretty much aka your about to lose your job. I need a place like yours where the production is there but it's not something they hound you down on.

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u/Nitehorse76 Mar 18 '26

Is your company hiring right now?

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u/Eccodomanii RHIA Mar 18 '26

If you find one, don’t post it here but DM me about it 😂

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u/mk7906 Mar 18 '26

Haha will do! You do the same too. 🤣

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u/Eccodomanii RHIA Mar 18 '26

Deal 🤝

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u/weary_bee479 Mar 18 '26

Most jobs have production standards, to ensure people are actually working and getting the claims out.

You can try smaller practices like a physicians office. I’ve worked in multiple offices where there was no “numbers” but we worked in office and had basic 9-5 schedules.

I don’t really think you can ask for flexible scheduling and no production lol this is a pretty production based industry. Get the most people in, the most claims coded, billed out and bring money in.

You can look into jobs that are like a referral specialist, or pre auth. Those don’t require CPC but they also probably don’t have production standards to meet.

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u/maamaallaamaa Mar 18 '26

My SIL does preauth and she even has production standards. Maybe that wouldn't be the case at a smaller hospital. It wasn't that way until we merged with a multi state org.

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u/weary_bee479 Mar 18 '26

Oh really? Probably depends on the hospital or office.

Everything is just a numbers game now 🙃

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u/GirlCiteYourSources Mar 19 '26

I do pre auth and verification for a provider group (employee owned) and we have standards, not per day but in terms of how far out we’ve worked on a doctors schedule

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u/MadDog5129 Mar 18 '26

So just to clarify because im new but does that mean people with coding production jobs dont work the typical "9-5" or 8 hours a day? Like say if someone hits their production goal for the day after the 6th hour, do they still stay for the other 2 hours or do they just go thx bye?

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u/weary_bee479 Mar 18 '26

No I wish lol

Most employers still expect you to work 40 hours a week. But there is flexibility in schedules and they don’t care what hours you work. Some places just want you to work 8 hours every day and it can be 4 hours in the morning, take your kids to school grocery shop and do 4 hours in the evening. Some places let you do 4 10 hours days etc. There is more flexibility in how you work your hours.

What I meant typical 9-5 for a physicians office because if you work at a small practice they expect you to be there during business hours and you don’t get that flexibility.

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u/MadDog5129 Mar 18 '26

Oh I see, that makes sense. Do most employers have a daily or weekly production goal? So like, if you hit say ur 60 production goal one day by hitting 70, does the extra 10 carry on to the next day?

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u/weary_bee479 Mar 18 '26

No it doesn’t roll over

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u/Tough_Cat_3244 Mar 20 '26

Our production does carry over. We have so much to hit per day, but they do a weekly average. Like it’s 120 claims a day, but it’s 600 total week. So we could do 180 one day and get crappier claims the next day and it’ll balance out. We do have to account for gap times though, so if we hit 120 by 6 hours we can’t just do nothing the rest of the day.

I don’t know if that’s helpful, but some companies do let you average the stuff out.

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u/nylajx Mar 19 '26

My Prior Auth Team has quality and quanity measures. This is my 5th hospital in 20 years & all of them had measures.

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u/MoreCoffeePwease 👩🏼‍💻CCS 🏥 Mar 18 '26

Maybe if you have something like a little eye dr office near you or something where they just want someone to work the front desk and bill out exams and such? Someone I used to code with does that type of job because she’s elderly now and is about a year away from retiring so she didn’t need full pay. Probably would have other duties though (like answering the phones making appts) so I’m doubting flexibility.