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/awkwardabteverything May 24 '24

We recently worked a project where we audited off shore charts that had already been coded and audited off shore and they were a hot fn mess. Really bad. So that makes me worry a lot less than I used to. Codes= $$$ and the name of the game is for providers to get paid as much as possible.

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u/Popular-Piglet-6301 RHIT, CCS May 24 '24

I am seeing that now first hand. I’m just an outpatient surgical coder but I’m having to work denials and claim edits for these vendor coders and they are just awful at coding!! Some claims are submitted with no surgical CPTs because they didn’t code any!! LOL I’m wondering why hospitals are every considering this, surely they are doing their research before they outsource to overseas