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OMG! Just got a new job as an inhouse coder - s/m

Posted: Jul 12, 2014

(not my first), and STARTING pay is $60K a year! I'm ecstatic!

Can't give out the name of the hospital, but will give out the state: OREGON

Congrats...I'm in WA State, just over the OR borde - sm

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May I ask what certifications you hold?

Yay! Congratulations!!! - nm

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NM

New Job - NY MT

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Good for you! Keep up the good work. You will love working in-house with the other coders. Best of luck :)

Great! - You

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You did the work, started somewhere, now onward and upward! Happy for you!

You can list salary but not name of company? - sounds fishy to me

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nm

It is appropriate employee behavior, not "fishy." - Stop with the contentiousness, please.

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Let's stop with the nasty comments, suspicion, and contentiousness, please! That post discounted what the OP said and implied that she was lying. Countering is an abusive tactic.

YOUR post is inappropriate, not the OP's. You are looking to drag this conversation down into an argument, but we aren't falling for it this time.

The OP said it was a hospital, not a "company." It would not be appropriate for the OP to say which hospital or even which local community. Period.

FYI, 60K is not unusual, so there is nothing at all "fishy" about it.. She is probably getting 25 to 35% on top of that in benefits, too.

Please stop posting that kind of ugliness on this board. If you want to participate, fine, but keep it positive and non-abusive.

Not fishy. It is professional behavior. - None of us post where

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we work.

unless of course . . . - old MT

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we have the grave misfortune of working for one of the two big uglies, M&N.

Discussion was about coders. - We do not.

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No matter where we work, we don't say where in public forums like this. Our professional associations consider it unprofessional and inappropriate, as do our employers and other coders.

If we don't like our employers, we find a different one.

Discussion about coders - Not a coder

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I live in WA state and I think I figured it out (the cities anyway) without racking my brain very hard. Most people also consider it unprofessional to share salaries in public. In fact, with some employers it is company policy to keep them confidential. What does not liking your employer have to do with this? Oh, I'm not a coder either but you are going to have to deal with it.

Going to have to deal with what? - This is a coding forum

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We are often asked what coders make. We answer. If you don't like that, you are going to have to deal with it.

This is a coding forum - Not a coder

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Okay, that's why it's called MT Stars. If you don't want MTs participating, you can join a dedicated coding forum on Facebook or participate in the AAPC or AHIMA forums that are coders-only. Unless you make your board password protected or ask the moderator to block MTs from posting in "your" forum, you are going to be stuck with opinions from non-coders.

No one said anything like that about noncoders. - Except you.

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No one said anything about MTs participating or opinions of noncoders except you.

You started it. You came back to elaborate on it. Now your fabricated "argument" has taken over the discussion so thoroughly that everyone gave up and left.

You have been arguing WITH YOURSELF. I don't think you can see that.

What? - Not a coder

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How could I argue with myself when I only posted once? Every time an MT shares, the rest of you tell them to "go away, this is a coding forum." If you seek exclusivity and want no opinions other than your own or from people who continually tell you how wonderful you are, you are the ones who need to take it elsewhere, because actually this is an MT forum. Get over yourselves.

That speaks for itself. - sm

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You posted twice, with that last one making three.

No coder ever said those things, except in your imagination.

Don't believe this for a second.... - nn

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after doing a search for medical coders, Oregon. Top salary for that job in that state is $62,000, median is $42,000, starting about $30-32,000. But thanks for posting, coding school recruiter!

Those are average salaries - Do I need to explain

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how averages work? The coder states this is not her first position, so she is obviously experienced. If she has a good education to go along with her experience it is within the realm of possibility for her to start out making that much. Your belief is not necessary.

Umm, wait a second there ... - sm

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You don't think she can make 60K because you found that the top was 62K?

The average for that region with a CPC-H is about 56. Inpatient coders make more.

Not sure why you would need to feel disbelief, but it is unlikely that she is lying. I am pretty sure about that because I make about 70K with 35% benefits in a lower-cost region.

Whatever online search you used missed some jobs, too, because there are a slew of them which aren't advertised where you looked. That may be why you think coding salaries are low--the jobs YOU look at ARE, but those are not the jobs we go for. I am certain that you missed fed jobs, because those go way higher.

You also do not appear to understand what an average is. That has a lot to do with your confusion.

You think she's a recruiter? Ridiculous. - Coding recruiters dont do that. n/msg

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n/msg

OMG!! What kind of person dislikes a post about - someone finding a great

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new job??? Jealous people, I guess. Congratulations!! That's wonderful!!

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