pke1991
Contributor
So, I'm a full time risk adjustment medical coder approaching my two-year work anniversary. This is the first job I've been able to keep this long so it feels weird that I'm happily bowing out and not desperate to quit immediately like previous jobs ive held.
It's a relatively easy and straightforward job...So easy to the point I am now bored to tears and this boredom sometimes causes me to make silly mistakes that I've never made before(big sign that I should go imo).
Because I feel I am in need of a change and more stimulation/difficulty etc, I recently applied to a coding auditor position within the company I'm currently at, but because I am slower than all the other applicants, I'm confident I won't be considered; which is fine, as I think I'm best as a coder anyways. And i don't feel its fair for me to get an auditing position simply because I am bored over someone that wants it for better reasons etc.
Another reason I want to leave my job is because of the low pay: 20.70 an hour. We get yearly bonuses but I don't think its enough to keep me for another year. I'll be moving to New Jersey soon (more expensive city in the US) and in general, I would just like to make more money, especially since I have seen more lucrative risk adjustment positions online.
Even though I know what I want: more money and stimulation, I also understand the grass isnt always greener on the other side.
I'm mostly afraid that I'll leave my comfortable, easy but low pay job for something bad. I have health insurance benefits with this job, so that unnerves me as well. This is my first and only coding job so I feel very strange even considering to leave it, as I'm very used to it and its all I have known in this field so far. I suppose though I want and need change, I fear it, if that makes sense.
I was considering not leaving my full time job and just taking temporary/contract coding positions, as I've seen really lucrative positions where they want coders to work at least 20 hours a week...but I feel like working a contracting position on top of 40 hours a week is just asking for burnout and not wise for me.
I'd like to know what yall would do in my position. Am I being greedy for wanting to leave my comfortable easy job? Is it worth taking the chance? Would it somehow be easier or more realistic to just work a contracting position on the weekends/on the side somehow and not leave my current place?
Would appreciate any responses and insight.
edit for additional info: I also have a CPC cert, but I haven't had an outpatient coding position yet. Have not used CPT manual since the exam.
It's a relatively easy and straightforward job...So easy to the point I am now bored to tears and this boredom sometimes causes me to make silly mistakes that I've never made before(big sign that I should go imo).
Because I feel I am in need of a change and more stimulation/difficulty etc, I recently applied to a coding auditor position within the company I'm currently at, but because I am slower than all the other applicants, I'm confident I won't be considered; which is fine, as I think I'm best as a coder anyways. And i don't feel its fair for me to get an auditing position simply because I am bored over someone that wants it for better reasons etc.
Another reason I want to leave my job is because of the low pay: 20.70 an hour. We get yearly bonuses but I don't think its enough to keep me for another year. I'll be moving to New Jersey soon (more expensive city in the US) and in general, I would just like to make more money, especially since I have seen more lucrative risk adjustment positions online.
Even though I know what I want: more money and stimulation, I also understand the grass isnt always greener on the other side.
I'm mostly afraid that I'll leave my comfortable, easy but low pay job for something bad. I have health insurance benefits with this job, so that unnerves me as well. This is my first and only coding job so I feel very strange even considering to leave it, as I'm very used to it and its all I have known in this field so far. I suppose though I want and need change, I fear it, if that makes sense.
I was considering not leaving my full time job and just taking temporary/contract coding positions, as I've seen really lucrative positions where they want coders to work at least 20 hours a week...but I feel like working a contracting position on top of 40 hours a week is just asking for burnout and not wise for me.
I'd like to know what yall would do in my position. Am I being greedy for wanting to leave my comfortable easy job? Is it worth taking the chance? Would it somehow be easier or more realistic to just work a contracting position on the weekends/on the side somehow and not leave my current place?
Would appreciate any responses and insight.
edit for additional info: I also have a CPC cert, but I haven't had an outpatient coding position yet. Have not used CPT manual since the exam.