I went through formal training for Medical Coding in 2017. I received a completion certificate and by the grace of God landed a coding job at a local hospital. I kicked butt the first month doing Laboratory coding. Then my boss started adding on more clinics. By the second month I was in charge of coding eight clinics. My task queue is the biggest in our department. In my second month, I got a Medicare kicked back. Since then, I have been making on average 1 mistake per week. I code around 200 encounters per day. Some have been mistakes that are just part of learning how our hospital works and the others have been stupid mistakes. No actual coding mistakes. My boss is being as supportive as she can be and has said "we will get there and you’re still learning". I’ve been there 3 months. Ow and I feel like she is starting to get frustrated slightly.
I do not have my CPC. I took the exam a month ago and failed by 4 points because I ran out.of time and had to speed guess 12 questions and I got all 12 wrong.
I think a big part of my mistakes is that I’m trying to get all of my encounters done every day and also keep accuracy up. But I’m terrified that I am not good enough. I feel like I’m letting my boss down. Im also trying to study for my next exam in july. This job is everything to me and im scared i will lose it because i cant seem to find a happy medium between speed and accuracy. Any advice?