Supervisory Medical Records Technician (Coding)

This is a supervisory Medical Records Technician (Coder) position at the GS-10 level, focusing on advanced medical coding and team leadership.

• *Responsibilities (GS-10):**
• Supervise staff, including performance evaluation, leave approval, conflict resolution, and work assignment.
• Plan and coordinate work to ensure accuracy and timeliness.
• Apply advanced knowledge of current coding classification systems (ICD, CPT, HCPCS) for outpatient, inpatient, or combined subspecialties.
• Develop and coordinate staff training.
• Demonstrate strong leadership, managerial, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills.
• Collect, analyze data, identify trends, and present results.
• *Requirements:**
• *Basic Qualifications:**
• **Citizenship:** United States Citizenship.
• **English Language:** Proficient in spoken and written English.
• **Certification:** Mastery Level Certification through AHIMA or AAPC.
• *Experience & Education (One of the following):**
• **Experience:** One year of creditable experience with medical terminology, anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, medical coding, and health record structure.
• **Education:** An Associate's degree in Health Information Technology/Management or a related field (minimum 12 semester hours in HIT/HIM courses).
• **Coding Program:** Completion of an AHIMA-approved or similar intense coding program (approx. 1 year+), including anatomy, physiology, medical terminology, basic ICD, and CPT coding, leading to certification eligibility from an accredited institution.
• **Combined Experience/Education:**

* Six months creditable experience (medical terminology, basic coding, health records) PLUS one year above high school with 6+ semester hours of health information technology courses. * Successful completion of a military medical technician/corpsmen/service specialist course (substitutable for up to six months experience) PLUS six additional months of creditable MRT (Coder) experience.

• *GS-10 Specific Experience:**
• One year of creditable experience equivalent to the GS-09 level for a MRT (Coder-Outpatient and Inpatient).