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Job Description
Transcribe medical reports recorded by physicians and other healthcare practitioners using various electronic devices, covering office visits, emergency room visits, diagnostic imaging studies, operations, chart reviews, and final summaries. Transcribe dictated reports and translate abbreviations into fully understandable form. Edit as necessary and return reports in either printed or electronic form for review and signature, or correction.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 31-9094.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 37,150.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 17.00
- Currently, there are 54,070 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Medical Transcriptionists”.
Also Known As…
- Medical Transcriptionists
- Transcriptionist
- Radiology Transcriptionist
- Medical Transcriptionist
- Medical Transcription Supervisor
- Medical Transcription
- Medical Transcriber
- Medical Secretary
- Medical Language Specialist
- Documentation Specialist
- Clinical Medical Transcriptionist
- Transcription Specialist
- Transcription Coordinator
- Transcribing Machine Operator
- Transcriber
- Senior Medical Transcriptionist
- Registered Medical Transcriptionist
- Radiology Transcriptionist/Radiology Clerk
- Provider Scribe
- Pathology Transcriptionist
- Medical Transcription-Radiology
- Medical Transcription Editor
- Medical Stenographer
- Medical Record Transcriber
- Medical Coding Technician
- Medical Administrative Specialist
- Data Transcriber
- Certified Medical Transcriptionist
- Certified Medical Coder
- Certified Coding Specialist
Tasks for “Certified Professional Coder (CPC)”
- Decide which information should be included or excluded in reports.
- Translate medical jargon and abbreviations into their expanded forms to ensure the accuracy of patient and health care facility records.
- Answer inquiries concerning the progress of medical cases, within the limits of confidentiality laws.
- Take dictation using shorthand, a stenotype machine, or headsets and transcribing machines.
- Review and edit transcribed reports or dictated material for spelling, grammar, clarity, consistency, and proper medical terminology.
- Receive and screen telephone calls and visitors.
- Transcribe dictation for a variety of medical reports, such as patient histories, physical examinations, emergency room visits, operations, chart reviews, consultation, or discharge summaries.
- Return dictated reports in printed or electronic form for physician's review, signature, and corrections and for inclusion in patients' medical records.
- Perform data entry and data retrieval services, providing data for inclusion in medical records and for transmission to physicians.
- Set up and maintain medical files and databases, including records such as x-ray, lab, and procedure reports, medical histories, diagnostic workups, admission and discharge summaries, and clinical resumes.
- Produce medical reports, correspondence, records, patient-care information, statistics, medical research, and administrative material.
- Identify mistakes in reports and check with doctors to obtain the correct information.
- Receive patients, schedule appointments, and maintain patient records.
- Distinguish between homonyms and recognize inconsistencies and mistakes in medical terms, referring to dictionaries, drug references, and other sources on anatomy, physiology, and medicine.
- Perform a variety of clerical and office tasks, such as handling incoming and outgoing mail, completing and submitting insurance claims, typing, filing, and operating office machines.
Related Technology & Tools
- Desktop computers
- Laser facsimile machines
- Dictaphones
- Notebook computers
- Desktop transcribers
- Transcribing equipment
- Personal computers
- Postage meters
- Laser printers
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Word processing software
- Data entry software
- SpectraMedi EasyFlow
- Sylvan Software ShortCut
- Narratek Smartype
- Medical terminology databases
- Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical
- Bytescribe Development Company WavPlayer
- SpeedType
- Email software
- Crescendo Systems Corporation MedRite-XL
- Precision Data Solutions VoicePower
- Electronic medical record EMR systems
- Allscripts Misys Healthcare Systems
- Microsoft Word
- dBASE Plus
- Web browser software
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- Emmaus MPWord
- PCC EHR
- Sylvan Software DropChute Pro
- Patient billing software
- Integrated Systems Management OmniMD
- Database software
- Spellex AccuCount
- SpeedUp Trans
- Crescendo Systems DigiScribe-XL
- Boston Bar Systems Corporation Sonnet
- MedQuist DocQment Enterprise Platform
- Microsoft Outlook
- g-net solutions MTP
- Sylvan Software Complete Medical Pharmaceutical Spell Checker
- Voice recognition software
- FileMaker Pro
- Corel WordPerfect
- Microsoft Windows
- Spreadsheet software
- Calendar software
- Microsoft Excel