Any medical coders here?

[Hayabusa]

13. Mom's rebuttal

While it is true that coding is going more electronic than manual, there will always be a need for coders. Programs like Code Ryte work on word recognition. For instance, if the patient has a past history of hypothyroidism, sinus infections, migraines, and kidney transplant and the doctor list those, code ryte will automatically pick up those words and code that as the reason the patient is coming in for the visit when in truth, down the note a bit he list patient comes in today for his high blood pressure or palpitations. I have seen the program code a patient had a fall, when in truth, the doctor says symptoms began in the fall (Autumn). Therefore, that note would be coded incorrectly and the insurance might reject payment. Coding programs are just that, programs and we all know machines are not perfect, (hence the need for the IT person, but then again, maybe they will just make machines to do that job too)!
Coding for some is boring yes, but to me, so is working on computers all day. For that matter, any job is boring for those that don't want to do it and find it challenging.
As far as jobs for coders, our department is the ONLY department that is actually expanding and growing, while other departments are cutting back and not filling empty positions.