Vocabulary words – Allied Health Careers – Billing and Coding – Ashworth College

American Academy of Professional Coders

Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity *Certifying body of Occupational Careers

World Health Organization

Registered Health Information Technician-provides a wide range of skill, prepare graduate for advance position such as Medical Coding Supervisor and CDIS.

Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist

Health Information Management *most allied health position falls under HIM and it's aegis has expanded including Medical Billing and Coding, EHR management, Medical Transcriptionist., etc. *Credentialing requires some sort of formal education, testing and/or experience along with continuing education requirements once certification is achieved. *Movement is underway in credentialing the allied health workforce.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. - Information on Careers your interested in provides salaries, job description, training requirements, projected job growth to 2020 and Occupational Handbook. www.bls.gov

Medical Transcription- 6% growth

Medical Assistance - 31% growth

Electronic Health Records (mgmt sys)

Voice Recognition Editor - may use the MT. Have the computer transcribe the audio then send to transcritionist of (VRE/SRE) to edit it to the level required for the Medicolegal Records.

Speech Recognition Editor - may use the Mt.

Medical Transcription/Electronic Health Records - *Transcription training with a bit more clinical training then traditional transciptionist (since 2010 medical scribe) *This job requires being present at all Physician encounters documenting the visits in real time on the EHR

Certified Medical Transcriptionist new name is *Certified Healthcare Documentation Specialist *They have advanced experience in the field can be tested to be come CHDS

Registered Medical Transcriptionist new name is *Registered Healthcare Documentation Specialist *New certified professional that have passed the test but have no experience

*Health Information Technician previous name was medical records personnel

*Healthcare consumers

Health Human Service, U.S. Dept of