View more jobs on Indeed View More What is medical coding? Medical billers take medical coders' work and use it to generate itemized bills that they send to insurance companies and to patients if they owe a remaining balance.Įmployers usually only require medical billers to hold a high school diploma, but it's common to require medical coders to have a diploma from a medical billing and coding program and either a Certified Coding Associate (CCA) certification or a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) credential. Medical coders assign universal alphanumeric labels to patients' services according to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) to identify proper costs. In this article, we discuss what medical coding and medical billing are, what medical coders and billers do and their similarities and differences. If you're interested in these career paths, understanding the difference between them can help you decide which one to choose. People often group these two jobs, but the roles contribute to administrative processes in the health care industry in different ways. Medical coding and medical billing involve using patient medical records to bill patients for health care services and submit claims to insurance companies for payments.
