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Medical Records Specialists

Compile, process, and maintain medical records of hospital and clinic patients in a manner consistent with medical, administrative, ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements of the healthcare system. Classify medical and healthcare concepts, including diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and equipment, into the healthcare industry's numerical coding system. Includes medical coders.
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  • Work Activities

      Skills

      Abilities

      Knowledge

      Education

      Education
      Postsecondary certificate
      Work Experience
      No work experience
      Training
      No on-the-job training

      Pay

      Washington Annual Salary
      62250/yr
      Washington Hourly Wage
      29.93/hr

      Washington Employment Trends

      Currently Employed
      208,200
      Yearly Projected Openings
      15000

      Personality

      Conventional: People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines. They do well at jobs that need:

        Tools

        • Bar code reader equipment
        • Compact disc CD or labeling printers
        • Desktop calculator
        • Desktop computers
        • Dictation machines
        • Encoder decoder equipment
        • Laser fax machine
        • Laser printers
        • Light stylus
        • Magnetic stripe readers and encoders
        • Medical paper charting systems
        • Microfiche or microfilm viewer components or accessories
        • Notebook computers
        • Optical character recognition systems
        • Paper shredding machines or accessories
        • Personal computers
        • Postal scales
        • Premise branch exchange PBX systems
        • Scanners
        • Special purpose telephones
        • Tablet computers
        • Touch screen monitors

        Technology

        • Accounting software
        • Analytical or scientific software
        • Business intelligence and data analysis software
        • Calendar and scheduling software
        • Categorization or classification software
        • Data base management system software
        • Data base reporting software
        • Data base user interface and query software
        • Desktop communications software
        • Development environment software
        • Document management software
        • Electronic mail software
        • Enterprise application integration software
        • Enterprise resource planning ERP software
        • Expert system software
        • Graphics or photo imaging software
        • Information retrieval or search software
        • Internet browser software
        • Medical software
        • Metadata management software
        • Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software
        • Object or component oriented development software
        • Office suite software
        • Operating system software
        • Optical character reader OCR or scanning software
        • Presentation software
        • Process mapping and design software
        • Project management software
        • Spreadsheet software
        • Transaction security and virus protection software
        • Voice recognition software
        • Word processing software