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How do coders dress in hospitals, offices, etc? - mt-to-coder

Posted: Mar 21, 2011

I am just curious. Do coders have to dress up in hospitals, doctor offices, clinics, etc or do they wear scrubs?

Dress code - Anonymous

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My facility has a dress code for all office personnel (receptionists, coders, MTs, etc.) We wear typical office attire/street clothes; skirts and blouses or sweaters, dresses, dressy slacks, etc. I have never heard of coders wearing scrubs, most facilities expect their employees to present themselves in a professional manner. If you're in a HIM department in a hospital, you will be in an office working with physicians and other staff. If you're in a doctor's office you be at the front desk. Clients and patients do not want to see office staff in scrubs, IMO. Coding is not like doing MT in your jammies at home, you're out there among the public.

Dress Code - travelinmt

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The majority of hospitals I have worked at (which is alot all over the US) the coders are in the Medical Records Department and they have an office casual dress code. No jeans or t-shirts with writing, no flip flop type sandals, some have a no open toed shoes requirement. Doctor's offices and clinics I find alot of them wearing scrubs, but alot of times the entire office is in scrubs (sometimes all the same color). It just depends on the doc's/management's preference. I am working at an on-site imaging center and everyone wears scrubs even the transcriptionists can if they want to. But they are specific colors and have the imaging centers name on the top.

Interesting - Anonymous

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That is interesting about the scrubs. At our imaging center no one wears scrubs - street clothes and lab coats for the techs, office attire for everyone else. Every large facility where I have worked as an MT has had a dress code for office attire. At the small doctor's offices, it was "understood" that certain things were not appropriate. We used to have Friday jean days but those were eliminated because it was felt it did not project a professional appearance. I have worked with coders and no one that I know would ever consider wearing scrubs. I'm old school, I guess, but when I go to a medical facility I expect to see front office and clerical staff dressed up. For one thing, it is a way to differentiate docs, nurses and surgical staff from everyone else.

dress code - teri

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Sorry but our facility prefers that all of us wear scrubs due to the fact that professional dress has issues, tatoos, no nylons, low neck etc.

I am a back office/front office person and I am given to the choice of both, I did the professional dress, but then again the idea of what to wear when scrubs make life so simple. :)

Teri - Anonymous

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We have all that stuff about tattoos, nylons, low necks, etc. written into our dress code, we're not even allowed to go sleeveless, so you know it's a pretty conservative place. I think it's great that you have a choice, as you said you know what you are going to wear every day. We wore uniforms when I first started my job and were given an allowance. We complained about those, but getting ready for work was much easier back then.

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