Medical Insurance Billing and Coding

Average Annual Salary for Medical Insurance Billing/Coding?

Starts at approximately $35,000 and up

Necessary Education for Medical Insurance Billing and Coding Career:

A Degree / Certification of Completion in Medical Insurance Billing and Coding

What is Medical Insurance Billing and Coding in a nutshell?

Medical Insurance Billing and Coding communicate between medical offices, patients, and insurance companies. By assigning letters and numbers to diseases, injuries, and medical procedures, they speed up the process of payment.

Medical Insurance Billing and Coding Skills & Responsibilities

Works with computers all day and are updated regularly, so Medical Insurance Billing and Coding need to be able to learn new programs. Medical coding requires you to be very detailoriented.

Medical billing encompasses the billing of patient encounters (visits) and accounts receivable management functions for health care providers, both in the doctors office and the hospital.

Medical Insurance Coding is finding the patient's most important diagnostic, which is based on the lab procedures, signs and symptoms and recording the code.

• Claims Processing
• Collections
• Computers & Office Technology
• Effectively & efficiently maintain a patients medical record
• Medical Office Practice
• Medical Terminology
• Written Communications

Future Outlook for Medical Insurance Billing and Coding:

Due to advances in medical technology and a growing population of elderly people in need of medical care, the demand will continue to grow at a fast rate.