Productivity Assignment
Below you will see a table for your coding department’s stats over the past year. You will also see next year’s projections for procedures. Over the past year your department has been performing at 95% productivity levels.
Your CFO is not happy about the 95% productivity level and wants something done to correct it.
Lucky for you a 1.0 FTE coder is leaving. Your CFO doesn’t think you need to replace the position because there is a projected reduction in inpatient visits. You know that the projections show an increase in other areas and will need to account for those. If you don’t you will fall behind and you will have a new problem.
Using the data below calculate what % of an FTE of a coder you will need to replace the departing coder to meet your 100% productivity goal.
Your FTE hours are 2080 but your productive FTE hours are 1737.
You will need to fill out the Position Request form to provide to your CFO.
Previous Year
| Type | Minutes per chart | Yearly procedures |
| Inpatient | 15 | 14600 |
| ED | 7 | 40150 |
| Amb Surg | 10 | 5500 |
| Diagnostics | 2 | 72500 |
Next Year Projections
| Type | Minutes per chart | Yearly procedures |
| Inpatient | 15 | 12775 |
| ED | 7 | 40150 |
| Amb Surg | 10 | 6600 |
| Diagnostics | 2 | 75400 |