Medical Records Administrator (Assistant Chief (ACHIM))
Veterans Health Administration
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Medical Records Technician (Coder)
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA
Department of Defense
Location
Salary
$46,937 - $61,016
per year
Type
Full Time
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February 3, 2026
GS-5 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $33,878 - $44,042
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience. Bachelor's degree.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves reviewing patient medical records at a military hospital in Hawaii to assign accurate codes for diagnoses, procedures, and treatments, ensuring everything complies with health regulations.
The role focuses on inpatient and outpatient coding, fixing errors in records, and spotting any issues with care quality.
It's a good fit for someone with experience in medical coding who wants to work in a structured government setting and enjoys detail-oriented work in healthcare.
Key Requirements
- One year of specialized experience in medical coding, including assigning codes for procedures and interpreting provider documentation
- Familiarity with ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS coding systems
- Ability to audit patient records for completeness and accuracy
- Skills in coding complex medical records involving diagnostics, surgeries, and therapies
- Experience identifying potential quality of care issues or compensatory events
- U.S. citizenship required
- Relevant paid or unpaid experience, including volunteer work
Full Job Description
About the Position: This position is located at the Directorate of Administration - Patient Administration at Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC), which is on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: Identifying the correct medical code for procedures that comply with regulatory requirements; interpreting provider documentation, operative reports, diagnostic results, or multidisciplinary notes to select correct coding; auditing patient records to ensure records are complete and accurate.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05). Major Duties:
- Serve as Medical Records Technician (MRT), functioning primarily as an inpatient/ outpatient records coder.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory and requirements in utilizing the International Code of Diseases-10 Clinical Modifications (ICD-10-CM), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS).
- Assign specific codes to medical records, sequencing and determining codes to accurately reflect the resources and procedures used in the care of the patients.
- Use specialized procedures and methods to correct and amend records.
- Code complicated medical records having diagnostic, surgical and therapeutic procedures on specific DRGs that are identified as difficult to classify.
- Identify and document any incident which may denote a potential compensatory event or questionable breach of quality of care delivered.
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