Medical Coding Schools In Missouri
Missouri has 13 accredited medical coding schools where medical coding faculty who teach medical coding classes can find employment. The trends in Missouri's medical coding academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below. Academia in medical coding includes medical coding training at the following levels:
- Medical Coding Certificate
- Associates degree in Medical Coding
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Professional Trends
Missouri Vs. National Medical Coding Employment
| Missouri | 3,750 |
| National | 176,090 |
Approximately 2% of the country's medical coding professionals work in Missouri state.
Employment Growth for Medical coding professionals In Missouri
| 5,160 | 5,140 | 4,480 | 4,050 | 3,750 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
Medical Coding is a shrinking field in Missouri. In Missouri, 1,410 less medical coding professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. Thus, in Missouri, this field has shrunk by 27% in four years. This is faster than the trend for medical coding professionals around the US. Nationally, the number of medical coding professionals has grown by 7% between 2006 and 2010.
Medical Coding VS. All Professions salaries in Missouri
| $27,750 | $29,190 | $30,660 | $31,630 | $32,880 |
| $43,489 | $45,096 | $45,354 | $45,661 | $46,263 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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- Light Blue: Medical Coding
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
The salaries paid to medical coding professionals are growing in Missouri. The mean salary for medical coding professionals in 2006 was $27,750 per year. And in 2010 the mean salary was $32,880 per year.
Salary percentiles for Medical coding professionals in Missouri
10th percentile |
$21,060 |
25th percentile |
$24,750 |
50th percentile |
$30,390 |
75th percentile |
$38,460 |
90th percentile |
$49,150 |
This represents a growth in salaries of 16%. This growth is mirrored by state trends for all professionals. Within the field of medical coding, there is a huge variation in pay, with the highest paid medical coding professionals earning 133% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket in Missouri state.
Average Salaries for Medical coding professionals and related professions in Missouri
Health Information |
$32,880 |
Health Information Management |
$54,940 |
Medical Billing |
$32,880 |
Medical Coding |
$32,880 |
In Missouri, medical coding professionals make, on average, less than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Medical Coding programs available for each degree type for all schools in Missouri
associate |
8 |
bachelor |
0 |
master |
0 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
8 |
| Total | 16 |
As the number of medical coding professionals is decreasing in Missouri state, the number of students graduating from the 13 accredited medical coding schools in Missouri state is increasing. In 2006 there were 183 medical coding graduates from medical coding courses in Missouri and in 2010 there were 490 graduates.
Thus there was a 168% percent increase in the number of medical coding school degree or certificate graduates in Missouri. 50% of these graduates received an associate's degree in medical coding.