Salary Ranges / Job Outlook for Medical Coders
The demand for medical coders is rapidly increasing as more health tests are performed and closer scrutiny to healthcare costs is employed. Medical coders work in a variety of healthcare offices, 37 percent in hospitals. As home health grows as an industry, more medical coders are being hired in this sector.
The salary range for medical coding is in the medium range. The median pay rate is $23, 890, but the high and low range of the scale is quite wide with $16,460 being the low end and $38, 640 at the high end.
Advancement in this career is possible by gaining experience and entering management, or specializing in a particular field like Medicare coding or cancer data.
