Job Description: 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.
Is Medical Records Specialist the right career path for you?
Take the MyMajors Quiz and find out if it fits one of your top recommended majors!
•Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
•Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
•Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians
•Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
•Nuclear Medicine Technologists
•Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
•Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
•Emergency Medical Technicians
•Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
•Ophthalmic Medical Technicians
•Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
•Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
•Neurodiagnostic Technologists
•Ophthalmic Medical Technologists