Medical Coding Specialist pay range
State of Washington · class code 183A
- Class code
- 183A
- Salary range
- 44
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Medical Coding Specialist is $48,048 to $64,512 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 183A.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Step progression
Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) assigns this class to salary range 44 in the General Service Salary Schedule. The range pays 13 steps; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated.
| Basis | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 |
| Monthly | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 |
| Hourly | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 |
Steps as published. The monthly and hourly rows are the state's own, not conversions of the annual row.
Class specification
The OFM classified job specification for this class is published by Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM). The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications.
What the state says the job is
Under general direction independently performs professional level work as an internal and external technical specialist for medical diagnostic coding, procedural coding and services performed by qualified healthcare providers. Positions perform a variety of medical coding functions, such as: analyzing medical records to abstract information for appropriate medical diagnostic and services coding; assigns diagnoses and/or operative procedure codes; converts or corrects medical codes and services; reviews medical records for completeness and accuracy.
Examples of the work
Reviews medical records to ensure accurate diagnostic codes and services to assist in recouping or adjusting health care payments and to follow federal mandates and compliance; Researches medical or legal issues; monitors regulatory and policy requirements that affect ICD coding information; Performs data entry and abstracts pertinent data from medical records to ensure data integrity and optimal reimbursement; Performs comprehensive quality assurance or medical records reviews by abstracting medical record data; transfers data to between computer systems to identify trends and recommends corrections, procedural changes, and educational opportunities for internal staff and providers; Trains ...
Minimum qualifications
Associate’s degree AND At least two years of experience in medical coding, medical billing, medical policy making or fee schedule creation with an emphasis on diagnosis coding. AND Current certification as a Certified Professional Coder with the American Association of Professional Coders (or equivalent) or ability to obtain certification within two years of hire. Additional professionally related experience can be substituted year for year for the Associate’s degree.
Quoted from the OFM classified job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) publishes this figure in Classified Job Listing joined to the OFM salary schedules effective July 1, 2026. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The dollar figures come from the salary schedule the listing assigns this range to.