06/23/2025
🧠💻 Top 10 Signs You’re a Medical Coder 💻🧠
Medical coding isn’t just a job—it’s a lifestyle. IYKYK.
Here are 10 signs you might be deep in the coder life:
1️⃣ You’ve spent more time with your encoder than your significant other—and your encoder listens better.
2️⃣ You’ve tried to explain what you do to guests at a party… and no one invited you back.
3️⃣ You correct diagnoses on your own medical records… with a red pen.
4️⃣ You have a favorite ICD-10-CM code, and no, you’re not joking.
5️⃣ You’ve said “medical necessity” more times than “I love you.”
6️⃣ You get irrationally excited about well-documented op reports. Like, happy dance excited.
7️⃣ You can spot a cloned note from 20 yards away—blindfolded.
8️⃣ You’ve used the phrase “per coding guidelines” as both a defense and a threat.
9️⃣ You’ve seriously considered making “Query Queen” (or King!) your official title.
🔟 You refer to vacations as “unbillable time.”
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We laugh because it’s true.
👉 What would YOU add to the list? Drop your favorite signs, sayings, or inside jokes in the comments—we all need a little coder comedy in our day!
