Wiki Family Practice coding daily average

[Melissa_M]

I am curious what the average amount of claims per day is for a family practice coder? I was told I need to create 120-150 claims in 8 hours. That averages out to 4 mins to review the notes and create the claim accurately. I bill out e/m, labs and x-rays all on the same claim.
This is not including any queries returned to me.
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Melissa

 

[Chelle-Lynn]

That is about average for our office. Generally between 100-130 for general family practice. We find as we get use to the physician documentation and forms that coding generally goes fairly quickly...some are quick, some take a little longer, but it evens out in the end.