Medical Records Technician (Coder-Outpatient)

Summary This position is located in the Health Information Management (HIM) section at the Chillicothe VA Medical Center. MRTs (Coder) are skilled in classifying medical data from patient health records in the hospital setting, and/or physician-based settings, such as physician offices, group practices, multi-specialty clinics, and specialty centers. These coding practitioners analyze and abstract patients' health records, and assign alpha-numeric codes for each diagnosis and procedure. Responsibilities Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties include, but are not limited to the following: Assigns codes to documented patient care encounters (inpatient and outpatient) covering the full range of health care services provided by the VAMC. Selects and assigns codes from the current version of one or more coding systems to include current versions of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) Clinical Modification (CM) and Procedure Coding System (PCS), Current Procedura...