It's not much of a problem to find good medical coding jobs if you have good training. I know there are lots of new coders who just took short courses and can't find any jobs at all, but if you have good enough training to get your CCS, you can work from home from the start. That takes about a year and an investment in tuition though and you said you weren't able to do that or didn't want to do it. It's an option for others though.