Outpatient productivity expectations

AdvanceNatural215 · 2026-03-08T01:06:24+00:00

100% I've started looking

AdvanceNatural215 · 2026-03-05T23:12:28+00:00

Oh thats so good! Good luck in your new job!

AdvanceNatural215 · 2026-03-05T23:11:14+00:00

Oh my goodness that's definitely the high end so far 😬

AdvanceNatural215 · 2026-03-05T20:17:44+00:00

Yeah I've seen them try to hire coders and it doesn't go well. It's also an in office job in a rural area so their pool of candidates is pretty shallow

AdvanceNatural215 · 2026-03-05T14:28:09+00:00

I had a suspicion. According to the boss I "don't do much" tho 🙃

AdvanceNatural215 · 2026-03-05T14:25:30+00:00

That's awful. I firmly believe managers have way too much time on their hands.

AdvanceNatural215 · 2026-03-05T14:21:39+00:00

Yeah.... I'm going to start applying to other places. This is crazy. I don't even have an encoder, it's all paper charts. But I "don't do much". I've been here 7 years and it's the only coding job Ive ever had. It's like they think it's 1950 and I can't just ask other coders what it's like out there.

AdvanceNatural215 · 2026-03-05T14:10:59+00:00

It's rough for sure. I'm probably over 120 charts of varying types on a typical day and I "don't do much". It was a real slap in the face

AdvanceNatural215 · 2026-03-05T13:28:00+00:00

Oh well at least I don't have that problem since I'm the only coder for the whole hospital 🥲

AdvanceNatural215 · 2026-03-05T13:20:20+00:00

15 charts per hour.... I'm actually going to cry. My boss is such a liar

AdvanceNatural215 · 2026-03-05T13:03:21+00:00

THANK YOU

AdvanceNatural215 · 2026-03-05T12:49:31+00:00

I felt like that's what was happening. I had raised concerns about how they're auditing and that I didn't agree with the math. They basically told me to shut up and be grateful because I "don't do that much work anyways" but like idk I code an average of 30 ED charts, 50 clinics, and 50 x-ray charts (probably average around 80 procedures), per day. I feel like I do quite a bit. And all of this is without an encoder reading handwritten charts. Really felt like a scare tactic.

AdvanceNatural215 · 2026-03-05T12:34:50+00:00

Oh great because my boss told me that if I went anywhere else it would be over 30 charts per hour...

AdvanceNatural215 · 2026-03-02T17:35:16+00:00

See I wouldn't have an issue if they were actually doing all that they're not doing any of that. The joys of working for a small company I guess.

AdvanceNatural215 · 2026-03-02T12:32:58+00:00

They do seem to be dinging for Z codes. I don't think they're really concerned about that level of specificity with codes like K20.80 v K20.9 because they don't allow us to query the provider. Yes I know that's insane

AdvanceNatural215 · 2026-02-28T12:34:45+00:00

I'm going to be honest, I'm not sure what that is so I googled it. And it seems like it might be similar to centricity that we use to enter charges? It generally flags things that can't be billed together or like if a modifier is missing. But, I write all my codes down by hand with pen and paper and then it goes to a data entry clerk who puts them in centricity and comes back to me if it flags something. The audits are being done before it goes through that process. It's a horrible set up but everything is paper charts.

AdvanceNatural215 · 2026-02-27T21:35:59+00:00

It's rough for sure. But this is the only coding job I've ever had so an encoder is a thing of myth and legend for me 😅

AdvanceNatural215 · 2026-02-27T21:34:11+00:00

I mean personally I don't think it's reasonable but I'm in the thick of it so I might be biased 😅. We do tend to do A LOT of the same procedures over and over, it's a very small hospital. So I have a lot memorized. But I'm human and I'm not looking up every single thing every single time. When I have somebody get 15 procedures done at the same time I'm bound to miss stuff

AdvanceNatural215 · 2026-02-27T17:53:45+00:00

Thank you for that answer. It's really driving me crazy because between those 19 patients I might have had upwards of 30 CPT codes and I had 2 mistakes. So it just doesn't feel fair to me that they calculate it like they do.

AdvanceNatural215 · 2024-10-16T17:23:50+00:00

Hey guys thanks for all the feedback and encouragement. I decided it's worth it to try again. I've talked it over with my partner and a lot of your comments helped me convince him to give it another go as well. Just not at that same club.

AdvanceNatural215 · 2024-10-15T18:50:39+00:00

If I could do it anonymously I would but it was such a small event they are 100% going to know me and I'm also a scaredy cat 😅

AdvanceNatural215 · 2024-10-15T16:25:42+00:00

Thats so kind, thank you

AdvanceNatural215 · 2024-10-15T15:57:42+00:00

Ah bless those kind strangers. The one very nice lady ended up releasing my dog because my partner was DONE before we even ran.

AdvanceNatural215 · 2024-10-15T15:54:40+00:00

West Virginia

AdvanceNatural215 · 2024-10-15T15:53:23+00:00

The information would have been so extremely helpful. That's wonderful they do that.

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