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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”
- Collect blood, tissue, or other laboratory specimens, log the specimens, and prepare them for testing.
- Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height.
- Set up medical laboratory equipment.
- Contact medical facilities or departments to schedule patients for tests or admission.
- Keep financial records or perform other bookkeeping duties, such as handling credit or collections or mailing monthly statements to patients.
- Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.
- Perform general office duties, such as answering telephones, taking dictation, or completing insurance forms.
- Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.
- Help physicians examine and treat patients, handing them instruments or materials or performing such tasks as giving injections or removing sutures.
- Change dressings on wounds.
- Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.
- Schedule appointments for patients.
- Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean.
- Operate x-ray, electrocardiogram (EKG), or other equipment to administer routine diagnostic tests.
- Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physicians' instructions to patients.
- Record patients' medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in medical records.
- Greet and log in patients arriving at office or clinic.
- Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.
- Inventory and order medical, lab, or office supplies or equipment.
- Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician.
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- Electrocardiography EKG units
- X ray machines
- Opthalmoscopes
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- Syringe needles
- Plethysmographs
- Otoscopes
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- Microscope slides
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- Microcapillary hematocrit tubes
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- Notebook computers
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- Blood collection vials
- Electrocautery equipment
- Lancets
- Retinoscopes
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Dosimetry badges
- Canes
- Wheelchairs
- Autoclaves
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- Tuberculin TB skin test equipment
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- Single draw needles
- Personal computers
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- Nebulizers
- Staple removers
- Electronic blood pressure measuring devices
- Blood chemistry analyzers
- Manual blood pressuring measurement equipment
- Cast cutters
- Dictation equipment
- Handheld occluders
- Butterfly needles
- Snellen eye charts
- Suction machines
- Baumanometers
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- X ray development equipment
- Scanners
- Culturettes
- Intradermal needles
- Oxygen equipment
- Vitalors
- Hearing aids
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy equipment
- MEDITECH software
- Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MOSS
- Appointment scheduling software
- Visual electro diagnostic software
- Microsoft Windows Vista Business
- Email software
- Microsoft Excel
- Patient management software
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- Diagnostic and procedural coding software
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- Microsoft Exchange
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- Word processing software
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- Microsoft Access