Medical Records Technician

The 0675 series, Medical Records Technician, covers the people who maintain and code patient records: assigning diagnosis and procedure codes to inpatient and outpatient encounters, auditing other coders’ work, releasing records to patients and third parties, and keeping the health record complete and accurate. Every listing in this series comes from the Veterans Health Administration, which runs its own coding units at medical centers and consolidated coding units that serve several facilities.

Recent listings have included inpatient and outpatient coders, coder auditors, clinical documentation improvement specialists, release-of-information technicians, a health information technician, and lead and supervisory medical records technicians, including a supervisor for a consolidated coding unit.

Applying tip: coder announcements spell out which coding credentials they accept, so check that section before applying. Release-of-information and health information roles are judged on records-management experience rather than coding, and the two tracks are not interchangeable. VHA’s application process has its own steps; our application timeline guide explains what to expect after you submit.