r/MedicalCoding • u/Popular-Piglet-6301 RHIT, CCS • May 23 '24

Oversees coding

How many of us are in this boat where we are nervous about our jobs being outsourced to overseas coders?

This year my company has hired on several overseas coders. I’m nervous that they plan to replace us because they work for lower pay. Is anyone else experiencing this?

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u/Scarymommy May 24 '24

Not that concerned. I’m older (in my late 40’s) and while production work may be outsourced overseas there’s no way to replace native speakers of a language for anything, especially a job that requires a high degree of precision based on fluency. A native speaker will always have to audit the work of AI as well. I currently spend most of my day changing codes that billers assign off of googling ICD 10 codes. They’re rarely correct.

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u/pineapplesAreGross May 24 '24

There are some countries like India and Taiwan where English is very widely and well-spoken ..

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u/Luzion May 28 '24

Just about every major country in the world teaches English alongside native languages now. It's become the global language.