Medical Records Technician (Coder Outpatient and Inpatient)

Veterans Health AdministrationSan Diego, California

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Job type
Not stated by the source
Department
Department of Veterans Affairs
Salary
USD 63,203–82,170 per year (as published by the source)
Posted
2026-11-06
Applications close
2026-11-13 · Closes in 6 days

Description

This position is located in the Health Information Management (HIM) section at the San Diego VA Medical Center. 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 abstract patients' health records, and assign alpha-numeric codes for each diagnosis and procedure.