From clinical coder to medical records clerk
10 of the 30 essential skills of a medical records clerk are already essential for a clinical coder — about 33% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from clinical coder in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 10
- skills carry over
- 20
- would be new
- 33%
- of the target job covered
- 30
- essential skills of a medical records clerk
What a medical records clerk does
Medical records clerks organise, keep up-to-date and archive patients` records for medical staff availability. They transfer medical information from a patient’s paper records to an electronic template.
What carries over
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- clinical coding
- 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
- use electronic health records management system
What would be new
20 skillsEssential for a medical records clerk and not for a clinical coder. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- administrative tasks in a medical environment
- apply organisational techniques
- archive healthcare users' records
- collect healthcare user's general data
- collect statistics on medical records
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- data storage
- database
- deliver case notes
- display medical problems
- health care legislation
- health care system
- health records management
- identify patients' medical records
- manage digital archives
- medical informatics
- perform backups
- process data
- type on electronic devices
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a medical records clerk?
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