247000000X — Health Information Technician

Grouping

Technologists, Technicians & Other Technical Service Providers

Classification

Technician, Health Information

Specialization

None — this code IS the classification

Section

Individual

Definition

Preferred term for an Accredited Record Technician who is an individual with an associate's degree from an accredited college or independent study program who is skilled in analyzing health information and in examination of medical records for accuracy, reporting of patient data for reimbursement, and creation of disease registries for researchers.

NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.

Other codes under Technician, Health Information

These are the codes a mis-selection most often lands on, because they share a classification and differ only by specialisation.

• 2470A2800XAssistant Record Technician