Careers
Career profiles with current BLS wage data, growth projections, and credential paths.
Medical Coder
Translates diagnoses, procedures and services into ICD-10-CM, CPT and HCPCS codes for reimbursement and reporting.
Medical Biller
Submits claims to payers, posts payments, and works denials and appeals until the practice is paid.
Medical Billing and Coding Specialist
Does both jobs, the norm in small practices, where one person codes the encounter and then chases the claim.
Inpatient Coder
Codes hospital admissions with ICD-10-PCS and assigns DRGs, the highest-paying of the entry coding tracks.
Risk Adjustment Coder
Reviews charts for HCC capture under Medicare Advantage and other value-based contracts.
Medical Coding Auditor
Audits coded charts for accuracy and compliance, usually after several years of production coding.
Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialist
Works with physicians to make the record support the codes, a common step up from inpatient coding.
Medical Records Specialist
The BLS occupation title covering coders and records staff, and the source of the wage figures on this site.
Health Information Technician
Manages record systems, data quality and registries, the role an AAS opens that a certificate does not.
Coding Manager
Runs a coding or HIM department. The ceiling role for this field, and it usually requires a degree.