Roles · Health care
AI medical coder
Processes medical records and classifies healthcare concepts into the numerical coding system for hospital and clinic patients.
Medical coder · What it does
Three tasks it takes off your hands
- Scan patients health records into electronic formats.
- Enter data such as history and disease into computer.
- Process patient admission or discharge documents.
Where these come from
The tasks of “Medical Records Specialists” (O*NET 29-2072.00), as O*NET lists them:
- Scan patients' health records into electronic formats.
- Enter data, such as demographic characteristics, history and extent of disease, diagnostic procedures, or treatment into computer.
- Process patient admission or discharge documents.
Medical coder · Tools and industries
It works in the tools you already use
- Epic Systems
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- eClinicalWorks EHR software
- Henry Schein Dentrix
Industries it fits
Hire this roleRole facts from O*NET 31.0 Database (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), CC BY 4.0), written in our words. Sources and credits
