cpccoder2008
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I tried searching but could not find another post on this topic. I was offered two different jobs working ER charges remotely. One is to look over previous coding ER records and capture missed charges and the pay is per hour. The second is coding ER charges and the pay is $1.50 per charge. The funny thing about it was when i was doing my over the phone interview and they explained the pay difference she never said what the pay was, she just said one was per hour and the other was per chart, she then asked me on average how many ER charts do i code a hour and like i explained to her i'm sure the coding at every company is different and at my previous job we were coding CPT and ICD-9 where as here i am strickly ICD-9 so my average would depend but if i had to guess i'd say around 15. She said the average for them is 12 so i felt pretty good about that then explained to me that my hourly wage would be divided by the average charts i do which is 15. She then asked me what i currently make at my job and i said $15 and she said ok well you would divide $15 by 15= $1.00 per chart but it would be more like $1.50 instead. I agreed but was a little confused. One, are they allowed to ask you what you make and automatically start you at that pay ? What if i were to lie and say $20 ? Second, $1.50 per ER record seems a little cheap to me but again i'm not to familiar with remote coding either so i'm not sure whats considered a good pay. Can anyone give me a little advise based on their knowledge and remote coding expirence ?
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