clinical coder
Clinical coders read patients' medical records. They analyse and interpret medical statements about diseases, injuries and procedures. Clinical coders convert this information into health classification codes in order to calculate treatment reimbursements, to produce statistics and to monitor health care performance.
clinical coder clinical coders read patients' medical records. They analyse and interpret medical statements about diseases, injuries and procedures. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.59 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include medical terminology, professional documentation in health care, clinical coding, document management, manage healthcare users' data.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £35,209 a year for Business associate professionals n.e.c. (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £28,099 to £46,322 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 3549). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Technicians and associate professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only clinical coder, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 3. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
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Frequently asked questions
What does clinical coder do?
Clinical coders read patients' medical records. They analyse and interpret medical statements about diseases, injuries and procedures. Clinical coders convert this information into health classification codes in order to calculate treatment reimbursements, to produce statistics and to monitor health care performance.
What skills does clinical coder need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include medical terminology, professional documentation in health care, clinical coding, document management, manage healthcare users' data, maintain healthcare user data confidentiality. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace clinical coder?
Our AI-durability model gives clinical coder a score of 0.59 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.