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Is coding hourly or production based? - Tired of transcription


Posted: Jan 21, 2010

Hi,

 

I am thinking of expanding my skills as a medical coder, but before I spend a bunch of money learning this as well, I wanted to know if it is based on production or hourly?  I would like to work from home.  I am burned out with transcribing and just not making what I want to be making.  I almost took coding instead of transcription 5 years ago. 

 

Thank you so much!

coding pay - cj

[ In Reply To ..]
Everyone I know who is a coder is paid hourly. I have heard of a couple people being paid for production but I don't think that's the norm. I know some facilities also offer production based incentive pay above the hourly rate. Basically, I think the majority are paid hourly, but it does depend on who you work for.

Thank you, CJ - tired of transcription

[ In Reply To ..]
Thank you :)


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