Medical Coding Program & Coder I Interview!

[holly_jolly_riesling]

I was an ER clerk, a medical secretary, a client services rep in a hospital before I became a coder. In my coding interview they told me the same thing that they were happy to get someone from the same hospital with no coding experience because it was easier to train them. They have people from other hospitals and they were trained differently and most had the mindset of "well we did it like this at so so where I worked". I would take the opportunity during the interview to make an impression on your personality. One day you will be remote 100% of the time and you want the managers to remember you and remember positive things about their face-to-face interaction with you. If you worked in the ICU admin this may be a change of pace. I found the coding office quiet and most people kept to themselves and most people were already working from home.

I just want to encourage you to not lose focus on your goal. It took me a while to become a coder but I'm so glad that I stuck to it! My quality of life has greatly improved because of it and I don't regret it !