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Job Description Job Description The Director of Health Information Management provides leadership, direction, and administration for the Health Information Management (Medical Records) and transcriptions ensuring compliance with established objectives, hospital policies and procedures as well as governmental / regulatory agencies. The Director serves as a liaison between Administration and the med
8:00 AM
Coders start the day by pulling their assigned chart queue. In a hospital setting, an inpatient coder might work 15–25 charts per…
8:30 AM
Open the first chart. Read the operative report, discharge summary, and physician notes. Assign the principal diagnosis code (the…
10:30 AM
Encounter a complex chart — a patient with multiple comorbidities and a surgical complication. You spend extra time to capture eve…
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