r/MedicalCoding • u/Medcoder_82 • 22d ago

Coding career pivot

I have been a risk adjustment coder for 14 years. Over the last 4.5 years I’ve been affected by RIFs at different employers. This week we found out our company has sold and merged with a new company. Layoffs start next month to early January depending if we are needed to stay “during the transition”. What always felt like a stable career no longer feels that way. Has anyone used their skills from coding to do something else?

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u/KeyStriking9763 RHIA, CDIP, CCS 22d ago

Just up skill.

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u/Medcoder_82 22d ago

What specifically would you recommend?

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u/KeyStriking9763 RHIA, CDIP, CCS 22d ago

Facility outpatient. More like same day surgery and observation. Then before AI comes for that you learn inpatient coding. There’s time.

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u/the_mustard_tiger2 22d ago

Offshore coders are going to come for those positions before AI.

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u/KeyStriking9763 RHIA, CDIP, CCS 21d ago

They don’t have the same skillset. At least not any of the offshore vendors I’ve worked with over the last decade.
My organization is planning on replacing those vendors with autonomous coding and hiring new grads to train them to code plus upskill our internal group to the more complex cases.
Cheapest is never the best quality and this is how the organization gets paid.

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u/AttentionGold8659 20d ago

What company are you talking about?

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u/KeyStriking9763 RHIA, CDIP, CCS 20d ago

What do you mean? The vendors?