What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Records Tech [Coder/Auditor] Augusta position at State of Georgia - Behavioral Health and...?
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- Requisition ID: HEA0ABN
- Number of Openings: 1
- Advertised Salary: $36,273.00
- Shift: Day Job
- Posting End Date: Oct 23, 2025
- Under general supervision, compiles, processes and maintains medical records of hospital and clinic clients in a manner consistent with medical, administrative, ethical, legal and regulatory requirements of the health care system.
- Processes, maintains, compiles and reports client information for health requirements and standards.
- Compiles and maintains clients' medical records to document condition and treatment and to provide data for research or cost control and care improvement efforts.
- Enters data, such as demographic characteristics, history and extent of disease, diagnostic procedures and treatment into computer. Identifies, compiles, abstracts and codes client data, using standard classification systems.
- Plans, develops, maintains and operates a variety of health record indexes and storage and retrieval systems to collect, classify, store and analyze information.
- Processes client admission and discharge documents.
- Protects the security of medical records to ensure that confidentiality is maintained.
- Releases information to persons and agencies according to regulations.
- Reviews records for completeness, accuracy and compliance with regulations.
- Transcribes medical reports
High School diploma/GED and eligible for certification as a medical records technician by the American Health Information Management Association; or two (2) years of experience in a medical records unit, which involved the independent coding of diagnostic data; or one (1) year of experience required at the lower-level Medical Records Tech 1 (HCT040) or position equivalent.
Salary : $36,273
