decisionhealth Newsletters, Coder Pink Sheets - 2009 Issue 2 (February)
Coders’ National Salary Survey: Average salary holds steady at $47K
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Article Overview
This special report presents results from a nationwide 2008 salary survey of physician practice coders. It is aimed at coding professionals, practice administrators, and others interested in compensation benchmarks, and it breaks the data out by job title, practice setting, geography, education, and professional credentials. The article is useful for understanding broad salary patterns and the survey methods behind the reported averages.
Why This Topic Matters
It helps readers compare compensation trends across common coding-related roles and practice environments, and it provides context for evaluating how education and credentials relate to pay.
Article Sections
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Survey overview and methodology
Introduces the national salary survey, the respondent pool, the time period covered, and the approach used to summarize results.
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Compliance titles anchor the top tier of the salary chart
Reviews compensation differences across job-title groupings and the relative distribution of respondents by title.
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“Coding specialists” average $18/hour
Summarizes hourly-pay findings and compares average hourly earnings across selected title groupings.
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Multi-specialty and anesthesia pay best
Compares salary patterns by practice type and discusses differences between single-specialty and multi-specialty settings.
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Organization - and practice - size matters
Looks at salary variation by the number of physician practice locations and by practice size.
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Salaries in South Central region inch ahead of Pacific and Northeast
Covers regional salary differences and describes the geographic distribution of respondents.
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Education and certification do increase your bottom line
Summarizes compensation trends associated with education level and professional coding credentials.
What You Will Learn
- How a nationwide salary survey of physician practice coders was conducted
- What broad salary patterns are reported by job title and pay structure
- How practice setting, organization size, and region relate to compensation
- How education and certification are associated with reported earnings
Who Should Read This
- Medical coders
- Coding managers
- Practice administrators
- Revenue cycle professionals
- Healthcare compliance professionals
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