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clinical-coder Occupational skill for the role 'clinical coder' (also: clinical records technician, medical coder, medical coding officer, accredited clinical coder, clinical coding officer, clinical coding expert). Use when the user asks for typical clinical coder work such as: typical clinical coder responsibilities

Clinical Coder

Clinical coders read patients' medical records. They analyse and interpret medical statements about diseases, injuries and procedures. Clinical coders convert this information into health classification codes in order to calculate treatment reimbursements, to produce statistics and to monitor health care performance.

Core workflow

How to use this skill

Key competences (essential)

  • adhere to organisational guidelines
  • clinical coding
  • communicate in healthcare
  • document management
  • follow clinical guidelines
  • maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
  • manage healthcare users' data
  • medical terminology
  • perform clinical coding procedures
  • professional documentation in health care
  • review patient's medical data
  • use electronic health records management system

Hot technologies

  • eClinicalWorks EHR software
  • Epic Systems
  • Henry Schein Dentrix
  • IBM SPSS Statistics
  • MEDITECH software
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft PowerPoint

Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/6219f0ef-6414-4d01-9221-41ac25dcb409), ONET 30.3 (29-2072.00, manual nearest match). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*