Scientific research and development services are in second place, followed by electronic shopping and mail-order houses. Medical billers and coders who work for insurance carriers make the highest average annual wage for a profession ($64,170), according to the BLS. Physicians’ offices made up the industry with the second-highest employment levels for medical coders. The top-employing industry for medical billers and coders is general medical and surgical hospitals, which employed nearly 50,000 of these professionals as of 2021, according to the BLS. Most courses take less than a year to complete. To enter the profession, you must complete a course to earn medical billing and coding certification online or in person. Instead, medical billers and coders work on computers in traditional office settings. Medical billing and coding is among the few healthcare professions that don’t involve hands-on patient care. This makes it possible for commercial and government payers to be billed for reimbursement.

What is medical billing and coding? Medical billers and coders identify the medical procedures, tests and treatments documented in patients’ healthcare records and convert that information into alphanumeric codes.

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