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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”

• Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.
• 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.
• Schedule appointments for patients.
• Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physicians' instructions to patients.
• Set up medical laboratory equipment.
• Perform general office duties, such as answering telephones, taking dictation, or completing insurance forms.
• Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.
• 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.
• Change dressings on wounds.
• Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.
• Keep financial records or perform other bookkeeping duties, such as handling credit or collections or mailing monthly statements to patients.
• Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height.
• Greet and log in patients arriving at office or clinic.
• 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.
• Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean.
• Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.

Related Technology & Tools

• Nebulizers
• Syringes
• Audiometers
• Culturettes
• Suction tubing
• Retinoscopes
• Pipettes
• Breathalyzers
• Single draw needles
• Evacuated blood collection tubes
• Otoscopes
• Canes
• Wheelchairs
• Centrifuges
• Personal computers
• Syringe needles
• Dictation equipment
• Electronic blood pressure measuring devices
• Walkers
• Handheld occluders
• X ray development equipment
• Enema equipment
• Electrocautery equipment
• Plethysmographs
• Evacuated collection tube holders/adapters
• Notebook computers
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy equipment
• Snellen eye charts
• Blood collection vials
• Oxygen tanks
• X ray machines
• Suture removers
• Oxygen equipment
• Laser printers
• Intradermal needles
• Suction machines
• Splints
• Blood chemistry analyzers
• Tuberculin TB skin test equipment
• Keratometers
• Pulmonary nebulizers
• Baumanometers
• Vitalors
• Endotracheal ET tubes
• Opthalmoscopes
• Tablet computers
• Scanners
• Pulmonary function measurement equipment
• Cast cutters
• Lensometers
• Hearing aids
• Tourniquets
• Spirometers
• Autoclaves
• Crutches
• Butterfly needles
• Mayo stands
• Lancets
• Intramuscular needles
• Microscope slides
• Manual blood pressuring measurement equipment
• Microcapillary hematocrit tubes
• Electrocardiography EKG units
• Metric rules
• Mechanical stethoscopes
• Tonometers
• Gait belts
• Dosimetry badges
• Subcutaneous hypodermic needles
• Personal digital assistants PDA
• Oxygen masks
• Staple removers
• Binocular light compound microscopes

• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional
• Microsoft Excel
• Business software applications
• Microsoft Windows Vista Business
• Appointment scheduling software
• MEDITECH software
• Electronic medical record EMR software
• Diagnostic and procedural coding software
• Visual electro diagnostic software
• Word processing software
• Patient management software
• Database software
• Microsoft Exchange
• Bookkeeping software
• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MOSS
• Microsoft Access
• Medical condition coding software
• Spreadsheet software
• Web browser software
• Medical procedure coding software
• Billing software
• Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
• Email software