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LARAMIE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
Please review the position summaries below:
Summary for Medical Secretaries, 43-6013.00*
Perform secretarial duties using specific knowledge of medical terminology and hospital, clinic, or
laboratory procedures. Duties may include scheduling appointments, billing patients, compiling and
recording medical charts, reports, and correspondence.
Summary for Medical Records and Health Information Technicians, 29-2071.00*
Compile, process, and maintain medical records of hospital and clinic patients in a manner consistent
with medical, administrative, ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements of the health care system.
Process, maintain, compile, and report patient information for health requirements and standards in a
manner consistent with the healthcare industry's numerical coding system and privacy laws.
Summary for Medical Coders, 29-2071.00*
Medical coders review medical record documentation and assign codes for diagnoses and procedures using
standard classification systems including CPT, ICD-10-CM/PCS, and HCPCS Level II. Skills include knowledge of the
human body and disease processes and coding guidelines and conventions. Other duties include verification of
the work that was carried out during the visit, the quality of physician documentation and abstraction of important
data like physician names, dates of procedures, and insurance carrier.
The applicant must possess the ability to work with patients, family members, and medical
professionals; possess the ability to document, in writing, all relevant information in a format that fits
the standard of a medical office; possess the ability to write and converse in English with co-workers
and medical staff.
The candidate must possess good manual dexterity and the ability to perform tasks related to the
delivery of the highest quality of patient care; must possess the ability to bend and stoop as well as lift
up to 35 pounds; must be able to type, sit, stand for long periods of time.
*National Center for O*NET Development. O*NET Online. Retrieved March 2, 2018, from https://www.onetonline.org/.