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Job Description
Transcribe medical reports recorded by physicians and other healthcare practitioners using various electronic devices, covering office visits, emergency room visits, diagnostic imaging studies, operations, chart reviews, and final summaries. Transcribe dictated reports and translate abbreviations into fully understandable form. Edit as necessary and return reports in either printed or electronic form for review and signature, or correction.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 31-9094.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 37,150.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 17.00
- Currently, there are 54,070 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Medical Transcriptionists”.
Also Known As…
- Medical Transcriptionists
- Transcriptionist
- Radiology Transcriptionist
- Medical Transcriptionist
- Medical Transcription Supervisor
- Medical Transcription
- Medical Transcriber
- Medical Secretary
- Medical Language Specialist
- Documentation Specialist
- Clinical Medical Transcriptionist
- Transcription Specialist
- Transcription Coordinator
- Transcribing Machine Operator
- Transcriber
- Senior Medical Transcriptionist
- Registered Medical Transcriptionist
- Radiology Transcriptionist/Radiology Clerk
- Provider Scribe
- Pathology Transcriptionist
- Medical Transcription-Radiology
- Medical Transcription Editor
- Medical Stenographer
- Medical Record Transcriber
- Medical Coding Technician
- Medical Administrative Specialist
- Data Transcriber
- Certified Professional Coder (CPC)
- Certified Medical Transcriptionist
- Certified Coding Specialist
Tasks for “Certified Medical Coder”
- Take dictation using shorthand, a stenotype machine, or headsets and transcribing machines.
- Translate medical jargon and abbreviations into their expanded forms to ensure the accuracy of patient and health care facility records.
- Review and edit transcribed reports or dictated material for spelling, grammar, clarity, consistency, and proper medical terminology.
- Distinguish between homonyms and recognize inconsistencies and mistakes in medical terms, referring to dictionaries, drug references, and other sources on anatomy, physiology, and medicine.
- Set up and maintain medical files and databases, including records such as x-ray, lab, and procedure reports, medical histories, diagnostic workups, admission and discharge summaries, and clinical resumes.
- Decide which information should be included or excluded in reports.
- Transcribe dictation for a variety of medical reports, such as patient histories, physical examinations, emergency room visits, operations, chart reviews, consultation, or discharge summaries.
- Return dictated reports in printed or electronic form for physician's review, signature, and corrections and for inclusion in patients' medical records.
- Perform a variety of clerical and office tasks, such as handling incoming and outgoing mail, completing and submitting insurance claims, typing, filing, and operating office machines.
- Receive and screen telephone calls and visitors.
- Answer inquiries concerning the progress of medical cases, within the limits of confidentiality laws.
- Identify mistakes in reports and check with doctors to obtain the correct information.
- Perform data entry and data retrieval services, providing data for inclusion in medical records and for transmission to physicians.
- Produce medical reports, correspondence, records, patient-care information, statistics, medical research, and administrative material.
- Receive patients, schedule appointments, and maintain patient records.
Related Technology & Tools
- Laser facsimile machines
- Postage meters
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Personal computers
- Notebook computers
- Desktop transcribers
- Transcribing equipment
- Dictaphones
- Laser printers
- Desktop computers
- Calendar software
- Microsoft Excel
- Spellex AccuCount
- SpectraMedi EasyFlow
- Email software
- SpeedType
- Electronic medical record EMR systems
- Web browser software
- Medical terminology databases
- Sylvan Software Complete Medical Pharmaceutical Spell Checker
- Emmaus MPWord
- SpeedUp Trans
- Data entry software
- Crescendo Systems DigiScribe-XL
- dBASE Plus
- PCC EHR
- Sylvan Software ShortCut
- Crescendo Systems Corporation MedRite-XL
- Boston Bar Systems Corporation Sonnet
- g-net solutions MTP
- Spreadsheet software
- FileMaker Pro
- Voice recognition software
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- Sylvan Software DropChute Pro
- Bytescribe Development Company WavPlayer
- MedQuist DocQment Enterprise Platform
- Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical
- Allscripts Misys Healthcare Systems
- Narratek Smartype
- Microsoft Word
- Integrated Systems Management OmniMD
- Database software
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Outlook
- Word processing software
- Corel WordPerfect
- Precision Data Solutions VoicePower
- Patient billing software