I am not in the medical field or taken any of the coding courses but I would imagine that having strong computer application skills would be quite attractive to employers in any type of office environment.
I work in an office and am amazed, daily, at the lack of simple computer skills that people exhibit these days. Medical coding is a fairly specific job skill, which you would be trained to do, if needed, by the medical facility that hires you.
I do have a friend who works in the front office for a group of cardiac surgeons. She coordinates the surgeries, among other things, and has been working in doctors' offices for a dozen years or so. It's thankless work. Doctors are arrogant (some). Patients are miserable because they don't feel well, and the pay is lousy, at best.
The best advice I can give you is...build your general skills (i.e. computer applications, typing, organizational skills and ability to multi-task), then talk to the people in the front office at your PCP. Tell them you are considering changing jobs. Ask them what level of education they have and how they got their jobs. Most of all....ask them if they enjoy their work and why.
You can also check out CareerPlanner.com for descriptions of different jobs. Have fun!
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