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Job Description
Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by physician.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 31-9092.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 32,850.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 15.00
- Currently, there are 623,560 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Medical Assistants”.
Also Known As…
- Medical Assistants
- Registered Medical Assistant (RMA)
- Optometric Technician
- Optometric Assistant
- Ophthalmic Technician
- Medical Office Assistant
- Medical Assistant (MA)
- Doctor's Assistant
- Clinical Assistant
- Chiropractor Assistant
- Certified Medical Assistant (CMA)
- Visual Training Aide
- Vein Access Technician
- Surgery Scheduler
- Sterile Processing Technician
- Sleep Technician
- Respiratory Therapist Assistant
- Podiatrist Assistant
- Podiatric Assistant
- Podiatric Aide
- Physician's Aide
- Orthopedic Cast Specialist
- Orthopedic Assistant
- Optometry Assistant
- Optometrist Assistant
- Optometric Aide
- Ophthalmic Aide
- Ocular Care Aide
- Morgue Technician
- Morgue Attendant
- Medical Technician Assistant (Medical Tech Assistant)
- Medical Office Worker
- Medical Office Technician
- Medical Insurance Coding Specialist
- Medical Billing Specialist
- Medical Billing Coder
- Hospital Clinic Assistant
- Hemodialysis Patient Care Specialist
- Health Unit Clerk
- Health Services Information Specialist
- Eye Technician
- Doctor Assistant
- Clinical Office Technician
- Clinic Assistant
- Client Services Coordinator
- Certified Professional Coder (CPC)
- Certified Phlebotomy Technician
- Certified Coding Specialist
- Autopsy Assistant
Tasks for “Health Information Coder”
- Schedule appointments for patients.
- Operate x-ray, electrocardiogram (EKG), or other equipment to administer routine diagnostic tests.
- Contact medical facilities or departments to schedule patients for tests or admission.
- Help physicians examine and treat patients, handing them instruments or materials or performing such tasks as giving injections or removing sutures.
- Perform general office duties, such as answering telephones, taking dictation, or completing insurance forms.
- Change dressings on wounds.
- Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.
- Keep financial records or perform other bookkeeping duties, such as handling credit or collections or mailing monthly statements to patients.
- Greet and log in patients arriving at office or clinic.
- Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.
- Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.
- Collect blood, tissue, or other laboratory specimens, log the specimens, and prepare them for testing.
- Inventory and order medical, lab, or office supplies or equipment.
- Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician.
- Set up medical laboratory equipment.
- Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.
- Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean.
- Record patients' medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in medical records.
- Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physicians' instructions to patients.
- Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height.
Related Technology & Tools
- Otoscopes
- Gait belts
- Enema equipment
- Wheelchairs
- Blood collection vials
- Nebulizers
- Baumanometers
- Evacuated blood collection tubes
- Microcapillary hematocrit tubes
- Suction machines
- Subcutaneous hypodermic needles
- Blood chemistry analyzers
- Lensometers
- Splints
- Syringe needles
- Mayo stands
- Staple removers
- Manual blood pressuring measurement equipment
- X ray machines
- Snellen eye charts
- Single draw needles
- Tourniquets
- Hearing aids
- Personal computers
- Syringes
- Keratometers
- Walkers
- Oxygen equipment
- Breathalyzers
- Electrocardiography EKG units
- Pulmonary nebulizers
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Culturettes
- Laser printers
- Scanners
- Centrifuges
- Vitalors
- Electronic blood pressure measuring devices
- Opthalmoscopes
- Electrocautery equipment
- Intradermal needles
- Lancets
- Butterfly needles
- Suture removers
- Cast cutters
- Notebook computers
- X ray development equipment
- Crutches
- Intramuscular needles
- Metric rules
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Microscope slides
- Tonometers
- Oxygen tanks
- Pipettes
- Spirometers
- Tablet computers
- Canes
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy equipment
- Evacuated collection tube holders/adapters
- Handheld occluders
- Endotracheal ET tubes
- Tuberculin TB skin test equipment
- Dosimetry badges
- Oxygen masks
- Pulmonary function measurement equipment
- Audiometers
- Retinoscopes
- Autoclaves
- Dictation equipment
- Suction tubing
- Plethysmographs
- Mechanical stethoscopes
- Medical procedure coding software
- Bookkeeping software
- MEDITECH software
- Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MOSS
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Exchange
- Database software
- Microsoft Access
- Diagnostic and procedural coding software
- Billing software
- Microsoft Word
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- Business software applications
- Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software
- Web browser software
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- Patient management software
- Spreadsheet software
- Medical condition coding software
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Appointment scheduling software
- Email software
- Microsoft Windows Vista Business
- Visual electro diagnostic software