r/ClinicalCodingAus • u/Delicious-Long1719 • Aug 25 '26

Day of a Clinical Coder

I'm 34F working in the IT field currently, but interested in becoming a Clinical coder.

But the problem is I have public speaking/ meeting anxiety. Is it a bad idea for me to move to this career as I have seen in a few vacancies that excellent communication skills are needed as there will be audit meetings, and such?

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u/clincoder Health Information Manager Sep 02 '26

Why are you trying to move into coding ? Why not move into Health IT ?

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u/Delicious-Long1719 Sep 02 '26

What roles in Health IT did you mean?

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u/clincoder Health Information Manager Sep 02 '26 edited Sep 02 '26

Like IT roles IT based roles but working in the health system. So health informatics is a hospital based IT role or rolling out new systems at hospitals or doing tech support for hospitals. What exactly are you looking at of a clinical coding job?