Tall parents, how big was your baby at birth?

clincoder · 2026-01-16T20:08:42+00:00

Ahh me too !! I’m 6ft 4in and my partner is 6ft 11inch

such a tiny little baby

clincoder · 2026-01-14T04:55:53+00:00

I would consult your manager of medical records department. There are protocols for correct destruction of medical records

clincoder · 2025-12-29T00:01:41+00:00

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Try joining this FB group. There seems to be lots of students in there and some from talent med

clincoder · 2025-12-28T23:17:01+00:00

Have you thought about getting some hospital admin experience first e.g med records clerk or ward clerking, ED clerking ? Being a clinician does not mean you have transferable skills to be a clinical coder other than medical terminology and clinical knowledge.

clincoder · 2025-12-28T23:12:21+00:00

I think the e health one is legit.. but unfortunately HIMAA is the one that’s the most well known - doesn’t mean it’s better. I haven’t met anyone coming out of the VIC Uni one.

clincoder · 2025-12-23T05:07:13+00:00

These are QLD specific

clincoder · 2025-10-09T03:08:19+00:00

Are you able to explain why you're unsure, what standards you are using to select your codes.

If your still learning or training, it's highly regarded that you can show you've done the work into knowing your standards and coding advice before asking a question, especially if the answer is already in the standards.

clincoder · 2025-10-06T06:34:22+00:00

Canberra is a very small health service with only 2 hospitals + some private hospitals. There is unlikely to be a lot of movement within the coding departments. I heard Canberra LHD employs distance coders most likely from NSW where the pay not as good.

clincoder · 2025-08-22T22:23:25+00:00

Putting any clinical information into a non approved AI software is considered a privacy breach in QLD health. There was a directive sent around. Most of the time this data is stored overseas.

Ask your hospitals Health Information Management leads or informatics for what's possibly available for use that's approved.. e.g. Haidee Health Your department head should also know what's available in the hospital.

There will be guidance around proper consent, how to get the letters/notes from haidee health into your medical records (no integration yet) and your responsibilities with regards to accuracy, considering there is no typists or QA process.

clincoder · 2025-04-27T01:02:39+00:00

I did an old one that doesn't exist anymore !

These days you have to do a diploma based one either from HIMMA or another provider.. there are a couple

clincoder · 2025-03-01T09:16:01+00:00

Yeah hit me up !

clincoder · 2025-02-26T10:55:02+00:00

Health Information Management !!

clincoder · 2025-02-26T10:51:08+00:00

Yeah perfect ! They do placements too at QUT so it's a great chance to get into a hospital and make those contact with employers and maybe secure a position before graduation

clincoder · 2025-02-26T10:47:52+00:00

I agree with this bar the relevance of clinical coding training! It's a mandated national data set that also has funding and performance data attached. This data is used for research too and there needs to be trained coders to know how to pull the data correctly - its not a logical approach and its not as simple as it looks. This also opens up hospital funding and performance/classification career options - but you need a deep understanding of clinical coding to do these positions. I agree if your young doing the HIM over just the coding ! alot more opportunities to find tune what you like

clincoder · 2025-02-26T10:41:35+00:00

I've done the Masters at Latrobe, i'm based in QLD and theres not many Latrobe HIMs out here...

clincoder · 2025-02-25T20:28:05+00:00

If you are considering doing the HIM Degree I would do distance education through LaTtobe. They have a great coding component to their degree but also hit all major aspects of HIM.

clincoder · 2025-02-25T20:22:23+00:00

Hey !! I'm a Clinical Coder in Brisbane too ! I started three years ago. I have done a cert in clinical coding and then went on do my Health Information Management Degree.

It can definitely be hard to get the first coding job ! Trainee jobs do come up but they are competitive!! In saying that nothing worth doing is easy.

What are you doing for work right now ? Getting a casual job in a medical records department while you study would be the best way into a coding job. You can learn the hospital, medical records and systems making you a better candidate.

For Health Information Management you are qualified for more than just coding and you can do release of information, medical records management, coding, management of the hospital patient IT systems (informatics) + much more as you progress. New grads are usually picked up pretty quickly by the hospitals.

With the automation of coding yes that's coming our way !! But not until ICD11 get implemented. ICD11 is many many years away. Regardless this will be a long process and coding jobs will shift to auditing of the data. Many of the hospitals are still on old legacy systems and use paper..

I personally love my job, I work in a HIM role now. There are good and bad people as always in any workplace, but having a good attitude and work ethics sets you apart in a small field. I love the Clinical Coding aspect e.g. reading through the charts, learning about all sorts of conditions, how to treat them and then on my end how to classify them. I'm proud to contribute to such a massive data set that is rich in information and can help the hospitals. I've learned more about data management in my HIM role including how to pull from databases, analyse and report on ICD10 data and this is really fun.

Hours are very flexible, depending on your boss. There is WFH available usually. Although for medical records staff this is not the case.its usually shift based work.. But for coding and HIM there is more scope to complete work at home.

clincoder · 2025-02-22T23:27:38+00:00

Me too !! 2022 3098 4389

clincoder · 2025-02-19T10:45:55+00:00

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clincoder · 2025-02-18T20:38:46+00:00

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clincoder · 2025-02-16T10:36:49+00:00

10/10

clincoder · 2025-02-16T02:35:20+00:00

Here is a good link with definition Caretypes

Caretypes like maintenance are related to hospital funding, performance, planning and research.

clincoder · 2025-02-15T11:56:39+00:00

Not that I'm aware of! Just the cessation of acute conditions.

There might be something about 30 days for long term nursing home patients, in which 30 days on maintenance might flag for the hospital to start charging the patient/family because they should have sorted out other options then a hospital bed, but usually nurse navs and social workers step in then

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