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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
- Hospital Clinic Assistant
- Hemodialysis Patient Care Specialist
- Health Unit Clerk
- Health Services Information Specialist
- Health Information Coder
- 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 “Medical Billing Coder”
- Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physicians' instructions to patients.
- Perform general office duties, such as answering telephones, taking dictation, or completing insurance forms.
- Contact medical facilities or departments to schedule patients for tests or admission.
- Collect blood, tissue, or other laboratory specimens, log the specimens, and prepare them for testing.
- Record patients' medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in medical records.
- Operate x-ray, electrocardiogram (EKG), or other equipment to administer routine diagnostic tests.
- Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician.
- Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.
- Greet and log in patients arriving at office or clinic.
- Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.
- Keep financial records or perform other bookkeeping duties, such as handling credit or collections or mailing monthly statements to patients.
- Schedule appointments for patients.
- Change dressings on wounds.
- 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.
- Help physicians examine and treat patients, handing them instruments or materials or performing such tasks as giving injections or removing sutures.
- Inventory and order medical, lab, or office supplies or equipment.
- Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height.
- Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.
Related Technology & Tools
- Walkers
- Hearing aids
- Intradermal needles
- Suture removers
- Electrocardiography EKG units
- Autoclaves
- Manual blood pressuring measurement equipment
- Syringes
- Notebook computers
- Crutches
- Laser printers
- Scanners
- X ray development equipment
- Handheld occluders
- Endotracheal ET tubes
- Electrocautery equipment
- Pulmonary function measurement equipment
- Plethysmographs
- Tuberculin TB skin test equipment
- Vitalors
- Tonometers
- Otoscopes
- Subcutaneous hypodermic needles
- Snellen eye charts
- Electronic blood pressure measuring devices
- Blood chemistry analyzers
- Suction machines
- Evacuated blood collection tubes
- Spirometers
- Metric rules
- Personal computers
- Breathalyzers
- Staple removers
- Single draw needles
- Gait belts
- Nebulizers
- Oxygen masks
- Splints
- Suction tubing
- Evacuated collection tube holders/adapters
- Wheelchairs
- Enema equipment
- Oxygen tanks
- Cast cutters
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy equipment
- Tourniquets
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Microcapillary hematocrit tubes
- Dictation equipment
- Retinoscopes
- Syringe needles
- Culturettes
- Centrifuges
- Blood collection vials
- Opthalmoscopes
- Lensometers
- Oxygen equipment
- Dosimetry badges
- Pipettes
- Keratometers
- Baumanometers
- Tablet computers
- Audiometers
- Butterfly needles
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Microscope slides
- Pulmonary nebulizers
- Intramuscular needles
- X ray machines
- Mechanical stethoscopes
- Lancets
- Canes
- Mayo stands
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- Billing software
- Microsoft Exchange
- Microsoft Access
- Web browser software
- Visual electro diagnostic software
- Business software applications
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- Microsoft Excel
- MEDITECH software
- Appointment scheduling software
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Windows Vista Business
- Microsoft Office
- Medical condition coding software
- Diagnostic and procedural coding software
- Bookkeeping software
- Database software
- Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MOSS
- Email software
- Spreadsheet software
- Medical procedure coding software
- Patient management software