ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

4 Statistics on Medical Coder Level of Education

The level of education earned affects salary in many different fields. Here are four statistics on the level of education earned in the medical coding field, according to the AAPC 2013 Salary Survey.

Carrie Pallardy

Tuesday, April 29th, 2014

•   No college: 22.9 percent
•   Some college/associate degree: 54.6 percent
•   Bachelor’s degree: 18 percent
•   Master’s degree and above: 4.5 percent

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