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A Pilot Study on Job Satisfaction of Medical Coders

Settepalli Jasmin Debora , Settepalli Jasmin Debora1 , Yakkala Veena Sravanthi2

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RFP Journal of Hospital Administration 3(2):p 53-56, July-December 2019. | DOI:

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Settepalli Jasmin Debora, Yakkala Veena Sravanthi. A Pilot Study on Job Satisfaction of Medical coders. RFP Journal of Hospital Administration. 2019;3(2):53-56.

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A medical classification is used to transform descriptions of medical diagnoses (or) procedures into standardized statistical code in a process known as medical coding. Job satisfaction is the extent to which an employee feels self-motivated, content and satisfied with his/her job. India stands the second largest pool of medical coders after the US with an estimated Rs.15,000 – Rs.16,000. The US is believed to have over 2,50,000 coders. From the past few years, the nurses are more aspiring to join in a profession of medical coding. Therefore, the study aims to assess the level of job satisfaction among medical coding staff at Health care, Vijayawada, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Methods: A Cross sectional study was conducted including convenient sampling technique among 30 medical coders. The data were collected by self administered questionnaire scale related to sociodemographic data and job satisfaction and analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The results revealed that, there was moderate level of job satisfaction and there is association between levels of job satisfaction with selected demographic variables of medical coders. Conclusion: In this study medical coders are moderately satisfied with their jobs, the above findings of the study provides evidence that there are many factors which can affect the job satisfaction level which will in-turn affect the quality of productivity of the organization.

Keywords: Job satisfaction; Medical coders; Health care; Coding staff; Employer self motivation.

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