Mallory, the coding supervisor, must determine the number of full-time employees (FTEs) needed to code 600 discharges per week. It takes an average of 20 minutes to code each record and each coder will work 40 hours per week. How many coders are needed?

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1. Time required to code one discharge record = 20 minutes
2. Time available to each coder per week = 40 hours = 2400 minutes
3. Number of discharge records that can be coded by each coder per week = 2400/20 = 120
4. Number of coders needed to code 600 discharges per week = 600/120 = 5.0

Since the number of coders needs to be a whole number, the answer is 5.0, which is rounded up to 5.

Mallory, the Coding Supervisor, Must Determine the Number of Full-Time