Health information specialist

Duties and responsibilities:

Health information specialist obtains and analyzes medical, finances, and insures data. They ensure that this information is properly recorded into medical records so practitioners can plan and evaluate heath care provided to patients.

There are a variety of jobs specialties within this field including registered record administration. Administrators coordinate the various information management responsibilities and supervise record technicians and coding specialist. Coding specialist assign and post correct diagnose and procedure codes to record and report codes to insurance companies.

Average salary:

$20,000 - $25,000 (coding specialist)

$23,000 - $30,000 (record technicians)

$30,000 – $40,000 (record administrator)

Educational requirements:

 Students should take the most challenging high school courses such as science, math, and English. Also students should take a course in business.

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