Which one is better between Medical Coding and Pharmacovigilance?

<p dir="ltr">Whether medical coding or pharmacovigilance is better depends on various factors, including individual preferences, career goals, skill sets, and personal interests.&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr">Medical Coding involves assigning standardized codes to medical diagnoses, procedures, and services provided to patients. It requires a strong understanding of medical terminology, anatomy, and coding guidelines.</p><p dir="ltr">On the other hand, the Pharmacovigilance course focuses on monitoring and assessing the safety and efficacy of pharmaceutical products. It involves collecting, evaluating, and reporting adverse drug reactions and other medication-related issues.</p><p dir="ltr">Ultimately, the choice between medical coding and pharmacovigilance depends on your interests, skills, and career aspirations.&nbsp;</p>

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Absolutely Pharmacovigilance because Pharmacovigilance is the best field to study about the available drugs as well as their side effects. Pharmacovigilance is completely research based stream and it is most demanding domain for pharmaceutical professionals. MeDRA, ICH ethics, ADR etc. Number of technologies are in demand. Pharmacovigilance is considered to be one of the best career option for life Science and pharmacy graduates. It mainly deals with reporting and analysing of medicine side effects and ensure drugs in the market are safe and secured. INDIAN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NOIDA.

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Clinical Research has more opportunities than Medical coding. Clinical Research deals with research aspects of new drugs & formulations. It deals with research project designing and research project management as per GCP guidelines. Clinical Research as two components one is Clinical Trials & Pharmacovigilance to establish efficacy & safety of New drugs. India is considered as hub of clinical trials & Clinical Research market is growing very fast. There are large number of job opportunities in India & across the globe. Medical coding is not related to drug research or innovation. Medical coders organize codes for medical expense bills for hospitals and insurance companies. It is about translating medical bills in specified universal codes. If Anyone want to go into medicine research, he/she must have skill of clinical research and if you want to work in billing section of an insurance co. or hospital then one must have coding skills.

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Both are good fields But if you are from core pharma background, I would suggest you to go for Pharmacovigilance

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