Find A Job As A Medical Coder

I am getting very discouraged. I graduated in November 2011 and took the CPC exam and passed but cannot find work because everyone wants exp. How do you get the experience is noone will hire you?

Are work at home jobs for those that are experienced as well?

Tracey Bailey in Charleston, South Carolina said: I am getting very discouraged. I graduated in November 2011 and took the CPC exam and passed but cannot find work because everyone wants exp. How do you get the experience is noone will hire you?

Are work at home jobs for those that are experienced as well?

The general advice is to try to get an entry level HIM job, something to get your foot in the door. Such as, medical records, account follow up, registration, insurance verification, charge entry, etc. Once you gain experience, you can move up to a coding job.

Yes, at home jobs are for experienced coders, most remote employers require at least 3-5 years of hands on coding experience. Find an in house job and after you have experience, you can look for remote jobs.

The exception to this is sometimes facilities will allow their coders to work from home once they have met the in house coding and productivity standards. The time frame can vary to a couple months to a year.

I am very frustrated about finding a coding job. I live in a rural area and there are not many hospitals around. I have interviewed for several. There are so many people wanting a coding job when they come open. I recently got beat out because they wanted to hire a non-certified coder because it was cheaper. I either don't have no experience, can't get experience. No one in my area quits their jobs in medical records or in the hospital unless they retire out or die. It is hard to up and leave all my family even if I could get a job 100 miles away. Can't get a remote coding job, because of no experience. No one is willing to give you a try. I have showed up and offered myself to intern. One place let me and then gave the job that was open to someone with more pull. The other place at the hospital the worker didn't want to take time to work with me. She kept saying she was too busy. I say, why not let someone help. They are afraid that you will take their job or something. The local college plugged away about taking coding and transcription courses, now everyone has and they didn't say that there was only about 10 jobs in the whole county. I am good at coding and I believe I could be great if only I could get a chance. Seems all the little doctor offices send their coding work out to someone else. It seems impossible! I feel like I am fighting a losing battle. The one place I did intern encouraged me to go for a higher certification and told me I would be next in line for the next job job opening, I was a CCA, so I went and took the CCS-P. They didn't give me the job. I felt really bad. I face the decision whether to keep up my certification or not. I wish someone would open up a internship online for new coders to work their way up in experience til they could get a job.

Tracey Bailey in Charleston, South Carolina said: I am getting very discouraged. I graduated in November 2011 and took the CPC exam and passed but cannot find work because everyone wants exp. How do you get the experience is noone will hire you?

Are work at home jobs for those that are experienced as well?

That's the question newly certified coders are asking.

I feel like I have wasted my time and hard work and much studying. I thought passing the CPC would be my link however, I am fiding out that it is not!

I agree with Valentine. Most of the coders I know started out front desk, receptionist or some type of administrative job and worked their way up from there. What happened with me is pretty rare. I landed an entry-level radiology coding job, it was all networking & right place/right time. All I did was post my information on my local AHIMA chapter and they contacted me. You have to be very creative and also be willing to start out at the bottom if that type of position is offered to you. A coder I work with started out front desk and got all of her medical, insurance knowledge there and moved into coding...

I graduated in 1998 with a degree in Health Info Technology. I started out doing some filing, then got into coding. Wages were horrible so I ended up going back to school for something else. Even though I loved being alone in an office working at my own pace assigning codes. I couldn't live off 8.00 hr.

you need to start with the temp agency or recruiter that can referral to hospital jobs vacancy, but start find jobs in administrative areas such as (medical record, receptionist, medical assistant) and this will give you the step landing a medical coder jobs in the future. Best of luck

hirespher in Kent, Washington said: you need to start with the temp agency or recruiter that can referral to hospital jobs vacancy, but start find jobs in administrative areas such as (medical record, receptionist, medical assistant) and this will give you the step landing a medical coder jobs in the future. Best of luck

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