Do medical coders in some specialties receive higher salaries than others? It appears so, according to salary survey results recently published by the American Academy of Professional Coders.
Below are average salaries, by specialty, for the 10,000-plus AAPC members who responded to the 2009 survey.
Note: Other factors besides medical coding specialty could be affecting these averages, including number of respondents for each specialty, geographical locations, career experience and other factors not related to specialty.
$43,558 Anesthesia and Pain Management
$41,966 Cardiology
$48,145 Cardiovascular & Thoracic
$45,529 Dermatology
$41,538 Emergency Medicine
$39,900 Family Practice
$42,179 Gastrointestinal
$41,968 General Surgery
$42,725 Internal Medicine
$42,305 Obstetrics/Gynecology
$42,927 Orthopedic
$43,207 Otolaryngology
$41,533 Pediatrics
$46,843 Plastic and Reconstructive
$48,501 Rhematology
$44,024 Urology
$49,328 Radiology
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