VA Maryland Health Care System

Establish procedures to identify all cases of malignant disease the departments of the medical center and outpatient clinics where patients are diagnosed and treated. Maintain the confidentiality and security of patient data stored in the tumor registry computer files. Develop, c...

Assigns codes to documented patient care encounters (inpatient and/or outpatient) covering the full range of health care services provided by the VAMC. Patient encounters are often complicated and complex requiring extensive coding expertise. Selects and assigns codes from the cu...

Lead MRTs (Coder) are skilled in classifying medical data from patient health records in the hospital setting, and/or physician-based settings, such as physician offices, group practices, multi-specialty clinics, and specialty centers. These coding practitioners analyze and abstr...