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I hear you about the Hmph!!!!  I am having difficulty with the transcription asessments.  I know the difficulty is partially because we just moved and we are not quite settled yet.  I know it is also because I am trying to get back to the "routine" that I had going with my 10-month-old in our old home.  So many distractions . . . I hope I can get back to scoring better for each transcription assessment as I did in Module I and not worse on each transcription assessment as I am currently doing in Module II.  UGH . . .

Good luck Debbie!!! :D

Ok, I'm done - Back to the books . . .  :D

Debbie, I can so relate.  I thought I was pretty good on ICD 9 until I hit Mod IV.  Now I feel like a total incompetent moron and what was good interesting fun is now a slog fest trying to get through it.

On that note, I'd like to nominate Instructor Debby for a Medal of Patience and Fortitude for Answering Stupid Questions.  :)  She deserves it, if anyone does, just from dealing with moi.

I've asked my share of questions, but I don't think any of them are stupid...I'm just learning and so are you! Debby is to be there for us to help us when we don't understand. Medical Coding is hard and sometimes confusing...if it were easy anybody could do this...I'm working my back end off to learn. I want to be able to enter the working world with a strong background. The only stupid questions are the ones we DON'T ask! We are going to school here and it's Debby's position to help us! That's how any good instructor/school would want to be. My husband teaches and he is a firm believer in being a servant to those who ask.

Have to chime in for the praise for Debby, an excellent instructor who gives you the info straight, no chaser. The coding profession is tough and this course is preparing us for that.

And I totally relate to the frustration here at the ending phases of the course...I don't like the way my grades have suffered in Module 4 but I can't let it slow me down. I can't let myself believe that it's an indication I'll flunk the CCS...that's the prize I have to keep my eyes on.

But no, it ain't easy! And I thought it would get easier at the end...boy was I wrong, lol..anyway, ladies, let's all hang in there and get through this together.

I hear ya Carmel - my coding ego took a BIG bruising in Module IV when my grades started slipping.  But as you say, you can't let that wear you down.  Next weekend I'm going to be in Baton Rouge enjoying the Antiques Roadshow.  When I get back I'll be prepping for CCS.  Because of Module IV, I'm apprehensive about taking it, but no pain, no gain.  We'll get it.  We will.

I am in Module 3 and I am frustrated as well.  I think I have something right and when I check it is either wrong or there is additional codes for a diagnoses.  Sometimes I feel like screaming.  I have a new phrase for whenever I become frustrated.  It is What Ever It Takes!