How do they match: Medical Transcriptionists

  • Certified Coding Specialist
  • Certified Medical Coder
  • Certified Professional Coder
  • Medical Coding Technician

  • Transcribe medical reports recorded by physicians and other healthcare practitioners using various electronic devices, covering office visits, emergency room visits, diagnostic imaging studies, operations, chart reviews, and final summaries. Transcribe dictated reports and translate abbreviations into fully understandable form. Edit as necessary and return reports in either printed or electronic form for review and signature, or correction.

  • Decide which information should be included or excluded in reports.
  • Identify mistakes in reports and check with doctors to obtain the correct information.
  • Produce medical reports, correspondence, records, patient-care information, statistics, medical research, and administrative material.
  • Take dictation using shorthand, a stenotype machine, or headsets and transcribing machines.

  • Process medical billing information.
  • Record vital statistics or other health information.