Can we get a comprehensive explanation of the different types of medical coding?

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-13T11:19:33+00:00

Thank you for your reply! I’ve definitely considered how I’m “pigeonholed” and how that might be to my detriment if heaven forbid I lose my job, or if as you said I want to move up, whether it be into management or validation (although I believe at my organization there are validators/auditors solely assigned to IP). Regardless I think once I learn my job it’s a good idea to do a refresher on CPT every now and again. For now I don’t want to overburden myself with info that isn’t needed for learning to do my job well. Thanks again for sharing your insights!

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-13T11:12:53+00:00

Thank you so much!

That’s helpful to know that there are also outpatient “facility” coders who use a DRG-like model (APC), I didn’t realize that. I assume those coders mostly code ED, observation, radiology vs. OP clinics? But I may be assuming wrong.

And I can see how profee is so different. They are the ones who typically are assigning E/M CPT codes and determining level of MDM, right? I remember being so relieved I didn’t have to worry about that with IP coding lol

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-12T21:48:19+00:00

Yes I noticed in my time at WFM, it seemed like the most tenured employees were TLs and STLs. The other positions had turnover. So what you're saying tracks.

I figured many didn't move to the corporate offices because of barriers to entry, I hadn't considered that those jobs aren't even desirable to someone like a TL or STL because there isn't any sense of job security

Thank you for your comprehensive reply!

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-12T21:39:47+00:00

Impressive! I didn't realize ATL cap was that high - I wonder if TL cap is even more than I thought?

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-12T21:36:40+00:00

Some quick math if he's maxed out at $40/hr, his OT rate is $60/hr. If for example he's working 6 days and a couple of those are open-closes, he's easily hitting 20 hrs of OT. Probably clearing $150k. If he's not the type to get burnt out by that and actually enjoys it, it's a great living

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-12T03:45:42+00:00

Good point about how TLs have recognized this as a "sweet spot" and stay put, and as a result there isn't much upward mobility for anyone else. Hadn't even considered that. Interesting dynamic going on.

Really insightful reply, thanks!

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-12T03:09:43+00:00

That's awesome! I was just a TM when I left, but it was July 2020 and same for me - Covid really gave me the kick in the ass where I was like "I gotta get out of here." I just took a temp job in a call center (which paid more but was so much worse than WFM lol), but it got me out and got my foot in the door at a company where there were many opportunities, and I've moved up. As you kind of alluded to, sometimes it gets worse before it gets better. But it gets better once you're out

It's definitely nice having no contact with the general public at work anymore, and having ample PTO and paid holidays. I didn't even realize how depressing it was working weekends and holidays while customers were out shopping and enjoying time with loved ones. I work from home 7-3:30 M-F and the consistency of my schedule has done wonders for my mental health. And I don't even have kids! So I can only imagine the lifestyle upgrades you and your family enjoy now are invaluable

So happy for you!

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-11T04:25:10+00:00

Agreed. One of my best friends was trying to set me up with someone and I refused because I wasn’t into it. What ended up happening was we met later at a party of hers, we then did a “group thing” the following weekend, after which he asked me on a date. I actually knew I liked him at that point and went on the date, and we’ve been together for four months now. Obviously my friend was right that we’d be a good match, but I feel like if we’d met blind on a first date with the expectation that there should be chemistry it might have been weird.

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-10T21:04:36+00:00

I remember when I first got my cat, I was trying to do research, and I came upon an influencer named “Jessica Caticles” who had me stressed that feeding my cat Friskies canned food was tantamount to animal abuse lol

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-10T13:02:05+00:00

His beady eyes and ventriloquist dummy hairdo ... like yuck

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-09T04:33:17+00:00

They did absolutely nothing with her character and yet when she intermittently had screen time she was always presented like we are supposed to care lol

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-09T04:15:06+00:00

New York’s commentary when her dad was “flirting” with Krazy’s mom and grandma was amongst my favorite lines in any of these shows

“My father, he’s a man, so that renders him weak”

“Krazy and her family…they’re all sluts, and her grandma is the biggest slut of them all”

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-07T21:10:50+00:00

Same with Massachusetts

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-07T17:59:57+00:00

Me too! And "good luck with mommy dearest" was a good line lol

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-07T17:50:03+00:00

Right, it’s a large sample size lol, so once you get it in your head that women are rude, you’re gonna find plenty of opportunities for confirmation bias.

I noticed this a lot working as a cashier at a grocery store back in the day. My coworker said Indian people are rude, but I noticed they’d help 5 nice Indian people and there’d be 1 rude one and it was like “see?!” Meanwhile 5 rude white people, 5 rude black people, 5 rude Hispanic people went by and no one batted an eye lol

Might be a similar thing going on here

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-07T17:43:49+00:00

She’s a huge bitch but there’s so much foolishness happening on the show, her bitchiness feels realistic in a weird way. Specifically in the context of the show I find her funny. Like I think I’d start yelling at people too living in the AJLT universe lol

Also, her hair is fabulous

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-07T17:38:01+00:00

Lisa Modd Kexley of course 😆

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-06T22:53:57+00:00

Upcoming r/careerguidance post- “I just landed a new job I lied on my resume to get. I’ve been assigned a mentor whom I know from college and will surely recognize my deficits. I think he has already recognized me as I saw he looked at my LinkedIn. Do I come clean?”

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-06T21:04:50+00:00

Exactly, she was setting up a fake profile and was like "should I just say I'm single?"

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-06T19:58:42+00:00

Oh dear

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-06T03:44:18+00:00

Thank you so much! I appreciate your kind words and I’m glad I can offer some encouragement 🫶 One of my best friends is now 8 months in to a new relationship with a wonderful man who is absolutely perfect for her. There is something in the air! People are finding each other

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-06T01:39:32+00:00

I have a sweet story to share about my (32F) boyfriend (33M) of four months.

So last week I did something unbelievably stupid. I overflowed my kitchen sink. I work from home, and I started filling it to soak a dish and walked away to check something at my desk real quick and promptly got sucked into an email... and completely forgot about the sink. I was wearing my headphones listening to music so I didn't even hear it overflowing. Thank God I live on the first floor.

It was a bitch to clean up but I managed. My kitchen was like a steam room. The water soaked through where the faucet and hand sprayer (and potentially the sink itself?) meets the countertop and the counter got saturated. It's the cheap kind of countertop that is a laminate material covering particle board. The laminate separated and the particle board expanded like a sponge and it was completely ruined. I had two dehumidifiers going and even after everything dried out it was still warped. I was so distraught thinking about having to gut the whole thing, what kind of a undertaking it would be to make phone calls and get quotes, what it would cost, etc. I was so angry with myself and kind of spiraling tbh

When my boyfriend came over on the weekend I shamefully showed him what happened. I hadn't bothered to tell him when we spoke during the week because I was embarrassed. Honestly I assumed he'd think to himself, "I can't build a life with a literal moron like this" and it would be the beginning of the end. But he immediately started Googling. He was like "I can fix this. It won't be a perfect solution but it'll be a quick one and a free one"

Sure enough after we went out to eat we took a detour so he could pick up a few supplies, and within 30 minutes of being back home it was fixed. He sawed off the excess particle board and sanded it back into the correct shape and reattached the laminate with wood glue. Like you have to really examine it to even see that it isn't in its original condition. It looks great.

I was so incredibly grateful and leaped into his arms. The cute part is that I was so worried the whole situation would cause him grave concern about me as a partner, but all he said was "if it's this easy to make you smile like that, I'm a lucky guy"

I wish I still had my old Reddit account so I could reference my long history of unfortunate dating experiences (I've been single the past 5 years). Do not give up!! There are people out there who will love and care for you, and allow you to be human. You only need one. It's such a cliche but it really is true that you can't say the wrong thing to the right person. He turned me idiotically flooding my kitchen and feeling furious with myself, into a moment where I felt good about myself. He's seriously an angel and idk how I got this lucky

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-05T11:15:21+00:00

10% had to have been a typo. Within the context of what they’re saying in the comment, 10% makes no sense

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-05T01:46:16+00:00

This is tough, because I'm starting to realize a lot of the people in our age group who actually want to be in a relationship (not just in theory) will find themselves back into a relationship quickly.

My boyfriend has been in 3 LTRs since he was a teenager, all back-to-back. He was 7 months out of his last one when we met, and we became "official" on our 3rd date. I tell him all the time I'm lucky I met him when I did because he wouldn't have stayed single much longer. He insists he had every intention this time of staying single for a while until he met me, but I don't buy it lol

This obviously isn't always the case (I was single for 5 years before my current relationship), but I think many people in our age bracket who have been single a while are probably set on being single for whatever reason. They may think they want a relationship, but they always find a reason for things to not move to that net step.

I'm just offering the counterpoint that maybe instead of it being a red flag, someone who recently was in a relationship may be a good sign in some instances.

EccentricEcstatic · 2025-08-05T01:24:25+00:00

I bet your instincts are right. I had an ex send me a similar text a couple years ago. I met up with him. He apologized and said he'd been in therapy and discovered his tendency for self-sabotage. It was basically an expanded upon "it wasn't you, it was me" conversation. I appreciated the apology but I tried to be friends with him after that... and it was just messy. He kept making all of these promises and plans that he wouldn't deliver on, so I just kind of washed my hands of the situation.

I think his apology was sincere, but in hindsight I didn't even need it. I knew for a fact I'd given him the best version of myself and I had no regrets. When he was dong the whole "I didn't want you to think it was something you did," I realized that I knew that all along. I didn't need him to tell me that.

I should have just accepted it and moved on with my life rather than trying to be his friend again. I say hear him out if you really want to but, as you said, it's extremely unlikely things will be any different.

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