How do they match: Medical Records Specialists

  • Health Informatics Specialist
  • Health Information Clerk
  • Health Information Coder
  • Health Information Management Hospital Coder
  • Health Information Management Inpatient Coding Auditor
  • Health Information Management Technician
  • Health Information Specialist
  • Health Information Systems Tech
  • Health Information Systems Technician
  • Health Information Tech
  • Health Information Technician
  • Health Record Tech
  • Health Record Technician
  • Health Records Technician
  • Health Services Information Specialist
  • Electronic Health Records Specialist
  • Registered Health Information Technician

  • 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.

  • Assign the patient to diagnosis-related groups (DRGs), using appropriate computer software.
  • Compile and maintain patients' medical records to document condition and treatment and to provide data for research or cost control and care improvement efforts.
  • Enter data, such as demographic characteristics, history and extent of disease, diagnostic procedures, or treatment into computer.
  • Maintain or operate a variety of health record indexes or storage and retrieval systems to collect, classify, store, or analyze information.
  • Resolve or clarify codes or diagnoses with conflicting, missing, or unclear information by consulting with doctors or others or by participating in the coding team's regular meetings.
  • Scan patients' health records into electronic formats.

  • Enter patient or treatment data into computers.
  • Prepare official health documents or records.
  • Process healthcare paperwork.