Which is a better course among Medical Coding and Medical Transcription?

<p dir="ltr">Medical Coding involves assigning codes to medical diagnoses and procedures for billing and insurance purposes, while Medical Transcription course focuses on transcribing spoken medical reports into written text.</p><p dir="ltr">Candidates can check the table below to see the comparison between the two courses.</p><div dir="ltr" align="left"><table><colgroup><col width="111"><col width="266"><col width="247"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td><p dir="ltr">Particulars</p></td><td><p dir="ltr">Medical Transcription</p></td><td><p dir="ltr">Medical Coding</p></td></tr><tr><td><p dir="ltr">Course Level</p></td><td><p dir="ltr">Certificate</p></td><td><p dir="ltr">Certificate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p dir="ltr">Course Duration</p></td><td><p dir="ltr">6 months - 1 year</p></td><td><p dir="ltr">9 months - 1.8 years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p dir="ltr">Course Fee</p></td><td><p dir="ltr">INR 15,000 - INR 57,600</p></td><td><p dir="ltr">INR 20,000 - INR 2 Lakh</p></td></tr><tr><td><p dir="ltr">Eligibility Criteria</p></td><td><p dir="ltr">Passed Class 10</p></td><td><p dir="ltr">Passed Class 12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p dir="ltr">Admission Process</p></td><td><p dir="ltr">Merit-Based</p></td><td><p dir="ltr">Merit-Based</p></td></tr><tr><td><p dir="ltr">Job Profiles</p></td><td><p dir="ltr">Medical Transcriptionist, Medical Writer, Medical Records/Health Information Technician, etc.</p></td><td><p dir="ltr">Medical Records Coordinator.</p><p dir="ltr">Coder, Medical Coding Specialist, Medical Billing Specialist, etc.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p dir="ltr">Average Annual Salary</p></td><td><p dir="ltr">INR 2 LPA - INR 4.6 LPA</p></td><td><p dir="ltr">INR 4 LPA - INR 6 LPA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p dir="ltr">Top Recruiters</p></td><td><p dir="ltr">Spheris, C-Bay-Med, Quest Focus Infosys, Acusis Mediscribe India Ltd, ScribeTech (E-Health), etc.</p></td><td><p dir="ltr">Episource, Omega Healthcare, Optum, GeBBS Healthcare Solutions, AGS Health, NTT DATA, etc.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

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