Any medical coders here?

[Hayabusa]

17. Rebuttal

Doctors, according to my mother, don't really want to do the coding. They don't fully understand the rules and regulations (and they change constantly). They want to treat the patients and leave the billing to someone else. My mother corresponds with the University doctors weekly and there are times when her and other coders pay visits to the doctors and tell them how they're doing on the documentation in their notes.

And it is true that hospitals pay the coders a lot of money, however, the coders bring in a lot of money. During the economic downturn, the majority of the University system had a hiring and raise freeze except for the coding department, because they were bringing in the money.