What is the difference between medical billing and medical transcription?

Answer 1

Medical billing is where you process insurance, medicare, medicaid, etc. for each patient encounter, more the financial end of things.

Medical Transcription is where you type (transcribe) the doctors dictation from each patient encounter, more the medical records end of things.

Answer 2

Medical billing bills the various insurance companies for services provided to the patients. Medical transcription is typing the notes into the patient's files.

Answer 3

Medical Billing requires working with insurance companies and understanding the categories for payment.
Medical Transcription is typing up patient charts and histories from dictated tapes made by physicians. It requires knowledge of medical conditions, and the ability to spell them, as well as the ability to understand the shorthand individual doctors use to describe their treatment plans.

Answer 4

A transcriptionist, takes dictation, usually recorded, from a doctor and types up the patient contact " exam" for the medical records. A person who codes, deals with health insurance and procedures that were done. Its important to code the procedure correctly, or insurance wont pay and the bill falls back on the patient.

Answer 5

transcription is typing or transcribing the notes into the patient files

billing is processing the invoices off to various insurance companies, medicare, medicaid, or to the individual for direct payment