West Virginia Staffing
Martinsburg, WV, USA
Medical Records Technician Coder This position is located in the Health Information Management (HIM) section at the Martinsburg VA Medical Center. MRTs (Coder) are skilled in classifying medical data from patient health records in the hospital setting, and/or physician-based settings, such as physician offices, group practices, multi-specialty clinics, and specialty centers. These coding practitioners analyze and abstract patients' health records and assign alpha-numeric codes for each diagnosis and procedure. To perform this task, they must possess expertise in International Classification of Diseases (ICD), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), and the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS). MRT (Coder) may also provide education related to coding and documentation. Assigns codes to documented patient care encounters covering the full range of health care services provided by the VAMC. Patient encounters are often complicated and complex requiring extensive coding...