Medical Records Technician - Vilseck, Deutschland - Department Of Defense

Beschreibung

Summary

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

About the Position: The incumbent will serve as a Medical Records Technician (Coder) in a Medical Treatment Facility, responsible for coding medical encounters for ambulatory, outpatient, and inpatient medical conditions.

Position is designated as hard-to-fill.

Duties

• Code a variety of technically complex medical records for outpatient and/or inpatient medical conditions.
• Utilize the American Medical Association Current Procedural Terminology system, the Health Care Common Procedure Coding System or similar systems to perform coding duties.
• Assign appropriate codes, modifiers and units of service to ensure primary and subsequent diagnoses and procedures are accurately described.
• Audit medical documentation completed by providers to ensure it is performed in a manner which allows input/transfer into computer systems.
• Verify component parts of the medical record to ensure completeness and accuracy of diagnosis, operations and special therapeutic procedures and reports.
• Examine records to ensure documentation contains sufficient data to justify the diagnosis and procedure codes assigned.
• Review training procedures, policies and regulations to ensure medical documentation and coding training is being implemented according to established requirements.
• Provide educational medical documentation and coding training classes for professional medical staff.