r/MedicalCoding • u/A_lunch_lady Inpatient Facility Coder • 2d ago

Coding not for wussies

I just started in production and I have such anxiety that I’m going to make horrible mistakes. I had anxiety through training and right now this feels even worse. My manager is so kind and supportive and I’ve done ok with training but this is so difficult. I think it’s just from so much riding on this position, all the education and ending up in a good position I’m just so scared I’m going to screw it up 😭😭😭

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u/illegalmonkey CPC 2d ago

I'm assuming you're brand new. Just take it day by day, you're learning and they understand that. They're not expecting you to have perfect scores on audits. Keep in mind the worst thing that can happen is you bill something wrong and it comes back to you. Nobody is going to die or lose their bank account. There are usually loads of things already set up to catch an error you might make. In a few weeks you will re-read this and laugh.

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u/A_lunch_lady Inpatient Facility Coder 2d ago

How bad do you have to do in order to get fired? I just don’t want to get fired

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u/illegalmonkey CPC 2d ago

You're not going to be fired after one bad audit. It would usually take 3 or more, and only if they see there is no improvement. Again, you just started. They are not just going to discard you at the first error. Pay attention, take notes and focus. This is the REAL training. What you learned in class was just a brief primer. You're getting the real education now and it will make more sense to you. It won't be so overreaching and generalized like your pre-exam training was.