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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 Administrative Specialist
- Data Transcriber
- Certified Professional Coder (CPC)
- Certified Medical Transcriptionist
- Certified Medical Coder
- Certified Coding Specialist
Tasks for “Medical Coding Technician”
- Produce medical reports, correspondence, records, patient-care information, statistics, medical research, and administrative material.
- 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.
- Perform data entry and data retrieval services, providing data for inclusion in medical records and for transmission to physicians.
- Receive and screen telephone calls and visitors.
- Receive patients, schedule appointments, and maintain patient records.
- Decide which information should be included or excluded in reports.
- Return dictated reports in printed or electronic form for physician's review, signature, and corrections and for inclusion in patients' medical 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.
- Transcribe dictation for a variety of medical reports, such as patient histories, physical examinations, emergency room visits, operations, chart reviews, consultation, or discharge summaries.
- Review and edit transcribed reports or dictated material for spelling, grammar, clarity, consistency, and proper medical terminology.
- Take dictation using shorthand, a stenotype machine, or headsets and transcribing machines.
- Identify mistakes in reports and check with doctors to obtain the correct information.
- Answer inquiries concerning the progress of medical cases, within the limits of confidentiality laws.
- Translate medical jargon and abbreviations into their expanded forms to ensure the accuracy of patient and health care facility records.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Notebook computers
- Postage meters
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Laser printers
- Dictaphones
- Desktop transcribers
- Personal computers
- Laser facsimile machines
- Transcribing equipment
- Desktop computers
- Email software
- Patient billing software
- Electronic medical record EMR systems
- Sylvan Software DropChute Pro
- Sylvan Software Complete Medical Pharmaceutical Spell Checker
- Microsoft Word
- SpectraMedi EasyFlow
- PCC EHR
- Boston Bar Systems Corporation Sonnet
- Crescendo Systems Corporation MedRite-XL
- Microsoft Excel
- SpeedType
- Emmaus MPWord
- Spellex AccuCount
- Corel WordPerfect
- Data entry software
- Voice recognition software
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- MedQuist DocQment Enterprise Platform
- Sylvan Software ShortCut
- Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical
- FileMaker Pro
- Medical terminology databases
- Web browser software
- Word processing software
- Narratek Smartype
- Calendar software
- Integrated Systems Management OmniMD
- Database software
- Crescendo Systems DigiScribe-XL
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Outlook
- dBASE Plus
- SpeedUp Trans
- g-net solutions MTP
- Allscripts Misys Healthcare Systems
- Microsoft Windows
- Precision Data Solutions VoicePower
- Bytescribe Development Company WavPlayer