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Medical Records Technician (Coder Inpatient/Outpatient)

Department of Veterans Affairs - West Palm Beach, Florida

Posted Jan 22, 2026

Benefits

Parental leave
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Non-birth-parent leave
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Salary
$60K-$77K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
401(k) match
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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)
$81,444 U.S. median for this role
Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)
+6.9% - Faster than average

16% below the BLS role benchmark for healthcare aggregate.

Matched to SOC 29-1141 - Healthcare aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function
Healthcare From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
Seniority
Mid From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
Work mode
Onsite From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
In-office days
5 days From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Schedule

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Weekend work
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Where they hire

Hires in: FL From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

About this role

Medical Records Technician (Coder Inpatient/Outpatient) West Palm Beach, Florida Summary MRTs 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 alphanumeric codes for each diagnosis and procedure. Duties ***THIS IS AN ON SITE POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Duties of the Medical Records Technician (Coder) In/Outpatient include, but not limited to: Assigns codes to documented patient care encounters (outpatient and/or inpatient professional services) covering the full range of health care services provided by the VAMC. Selects and assigns codes from the current versions of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), and/or Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS). Adheres to accepted coding practices, guidelines and conventions when choosing the most appropriate diagnosis, operation, procedure, ancillary, or evaluation and management (E/M) code to ensure ethical, accurate, and complete coding. Monitors ever-changing regulatory and policy requirements affecting coded information for the full spectrum of services provided by the VAMC. Timely compliance with coding changes is crucial to the accuracy of the facility database as well as all cost recovery programs. Performs a comprehensive review of the patient health record to abstract medical, surgical, ancillary, demographic, social, and administrative data to ensure complete data capture. Patient health records may be paper or electronic. Assists facility staff with

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