6 Best Medical Coding Courses on Coursera
We compared 6 Medical Coding courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $49.00. 5 of them teach the subject directly and 1 are built around a certification exam. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 6
- Price range
- $49.00 – $49.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 6 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "medical coding" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $49.00 to $49.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Medical Coding for Max Reimbursement
Offered by Coursera
Transform your medical billing accuracy and unlock maximum reimbursement potential! Healthcare practices lose millions annually due to coding errors and incomplete documentation – but it doesn't have to be this way. This...
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Medical Billing and Coding Essentials
Offered by MedCerts
Insurance and Billing, and Coding Essentials is a comprehensive course with insight and focus on the role of the Insurance Billing Specialist. The course provides foundational knowledge required of an administrative alli...
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Medical Billing and Coding Fundamentals
Offered by MedCerts
Through this Specialization, students learn the essential skills of an Insurance Billing Specialist. Knowledge of human anatomy and medicine is necessary for any healthcare role, so students are also taught this terminol...
$49.00listed price -
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Essentials of CPT and HCPCS Coding
Offered by SkillUp
In this course, you'll gain essential skills for outpatient medical coding, preparing you for the Certified Professional Coder (CPC)® certification. The focus is on understanding and applying CPT® and HCPCS Level II code...
$49.00listed price -
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GenAI Healthcare Administration & Documentation
Offered by Coursera
This specialization equips healthcare professionals with practical Generative AI skills to revolutionize operations across patient scheduling, care coordination, medical coding, and clinical documentation. Through hands-...
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Certified Professional Coder (CPC) Exam Preparation
Offered by SkillUp
Medical coding professionals play an essential role in healthcare operations by translating clinical services into standardized codes used for billing, reimbursement, compliance, and documentation. This specialization he...
$49.00listed price
Best Medical Coding Courses on Coursera compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medical Coding for Max Reimbursement | Coursera | Coursera | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | Medical Billing and Coding Essentials | Coursera | MedCerts | $49.00 | View → |
| 3 | Medical Billing and Coding Fundamentals | Coursera | MedCerts | $49.00 | View → |
| 4 | Essentials of CPT and HCPCS Coding | Coursera | SkillUp | $49.00 | View → |
| 5 | GenAI Healthcare Administration & Documentation | Coursera | Coursera | $49.00 | View → |
| 6 | Certified Professional Coder (CPC) Exam Preparation | Coursera | SkillUp | $49.00 | View → |
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 6 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $49.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $0.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick.
Courses versus exam preparation
1 of the entries here are built around a certification exam rather than teaching Medical Coding from scratch. They are the right choice only if you already know the material and want to pass a specific exam; if you are starting out, pick one of the taught courses first and come back to exam preparation afterwards.
Before you enrol
Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 18 September 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.