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HopeHoops

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25. Actually I never memorized them. I just wrote the database that handled them.
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 10:46 AM
Nov 2012

I do remember that they were rather convoluted and often seemed redundant. But that was 20 years or so ago.

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Any medical coders here? [View all] MuttLikeMe Nov 2012 OP
Poster's Mom, who is a Certified Coder Hayabusa Nov 2012 #1
PS Hayabusa Nov 2012 #2
I'm not one. But I have audited health-care providers. dawg Nov 2012 #3
"Upcoding" beyond what is documented in the patient's chart is illegal, and will likely ... Scuba Nov 2012 #5
I'm not a coder, but spent 30+ years installing IT systems like the one mentioned above ... Scuba Nov 2012 #4
... MuttLikeMe Nov 2012 #6
Actually, there are tons of medical coding vacancies out there MuttLikeMe Nov 2012 #7
Yes, there's jobs now. And will be for a few years, at least. Scuba Nov 2012 #8
There are always going to be coding jobs MuttLikeMe Nov 2012 #9
Mom's rebuttal Hayabusa Nov 2012 #13
Hospitals spend big bucks to pay coders, and are pushing IT vendors to improve .... Scuba Nov 2012 #15
Rebuttal Hayabusa Nov 2012 #17
Of course docs don't want to do the coding, and they wont. It'll be a by-product of documentation. Scuba Nov 2012 #18
It very well might Hayabusa Nov 2012 #20
If they've been talking about it for 30 years MuttLikeMe Nov 2012 #21
I worked with ICD-9 codes about 20 years ago. I don't remember shit about it anymore. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #10
lol MuttLikeMe Nov 2012 #11
It wasn't fun. The gig was to code things to get the most compensation, not to represent the issue. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #12
that's true MuttLikeMe Nov 2012 #14
Agreed. Single payer is the only way to go. Cut out the middle man. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #19
You must have forgotten the correct medical terms for things. rug Nov 2012 #23
Actually I never memorized them. I just wrote the database that handled them. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #25
I took coding in school and enjoyed it... cynatnite Nov 2012 #16
Working towards my RHIT DearHeart Nov 2012 #22
what's the usual pay for a coder? nt grasswire Nov 2012 #24
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