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