Certification Protects Members from Recession RECOGNIZED AS PROFESSIONALS, CODERS WEATHER ECONOMIC STORM By Brad Ericson, CPC, COSC, and Jennifer Rothlisberger View the entire 2009 Medical Coding Salary Survey.pdf Credentialed coders prove recession-proof in this year’s AAPC Salary Survey, which shows your salaries rose 4 percent to an average of $44,750. And even non-certified coders benefited ...

Credentialed coders prove to be recession-proof in annual salary survey SALT LAKE CITY–Oct. 1, 2009–Salaries for certified medical coding professionals increased an average of four percent from 2008 to 2009, despite economic conditions, according to an annual salary survey conducted by the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC, www.aapc.com). Certified medical coder salaries ros...

Sunlight on Coders’ Compensation By Brad Ericson, CPC, CPC-ORTHO Ask coders what they do and how much they make, and their answers are as varied as how sensitive to the sun they are. Some are easy burners, with salaries and careers that show the results of outside forces quickly. Some are seemingly immune to the ...