Roles · Health care

AI coder

Processes and maintains medical records for hospital and clinic patients in a manner consistent with regulatory requirements.

Teuila Horomona“I enter patient data and maintain the health record indexes.”An example character, not a real person.
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Coder · What it does

Three tasks it takes off your hands

  1. Enter data such as history and disease into computer.
  2. Maintain health record indexes to collect or analyse information.
  3. Scan patients health records into electronic formats.
Where these come from

The tasks of “Medical Records Specialists” (O*NET 29-2072.00), as O*NET lists them:

  • 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.
  • Scan patients' health records into electronic formats.

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

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Role 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