Any medical coders out there? Are you certified? Is it worth getting the certificate and leaving a job I've been at for 7 years? The pay rate I'm at now is about 24/hr. Currently, I'm going back to school, but it isn't working out and I'm still having problems making sense of it. So my thinking is getting a medical coder certificate and then just getting a medical coder job with my current company because they should have an opening by then. I just don't know if it's a good idea or not.

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See if you can find a contact within your current company to see what the trajectory of that kind of role might be. I’m not sure what the opportunity in the inpatient sector is, but it seems like the outpatient sector is going towards the providers, coding their own visits and being more knowledgeable about that stuff.

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You could make a lot more if you were certified. It’s very much so worth It. If you’re making nearly $50K without a cert, imagine the possibilities with one.

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Yeah i would talk to someone who has the certificate within your company and get their honest opinion on this path. A cert is definitely going to lead to higher earning potential regardless of where you end up though

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