clinical codertomedical records clerk
A clinical coder already meets 51% of what the medical records clerk role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 58.6 of 100 · substantial
1 Share of the medical records clerk role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the clinical coder profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A medical records clerk role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a clinical coder background worth leading with.
- already held collect statistics on medical records information skills
- already held clinical coding health and welfare
- already held review patient's medical data information skills
- already held perform clinical coding procedures information skills
- already held document management social sciences, journalism and information
- already held use electronic health records management system working with computers
All 20 carried skills, including the 17 the medical records clerk role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 26 missing skills fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held deliver case notes required
- required, not held manage digital archives required
- required, not held process data required
- required, not held type on electronic devices required
- optional, not held participate in medical records' auditing activities optional
- optional, not held transfer medical information optional
- required, not held display medical problems required
- required, not held work in multidisciplinary health teams required
- optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held use communication techniques optional
- optional, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care optional
- required, not held administrative tasks in a medical environment required
- required, not held health care legislation required
- optional, not held customer service optional
- required, not held data storage required
- required, not held database required
- required, not held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice required
- optional, not held answer patients' questions optional
- required, not held apply organisational techniques required
- optional, not held handle paperwork optional
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a medical records clerk role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 deliver case notes skill · occupation specific
- 02 administrative tasks in a medical environment knowledge · sector specific
- 03 comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 20 skills that carry over
- already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- already held archive healthcare users' records skill
- already held clinical coding knowledge
- already held collect healthcare user's general data skill
- already held collect statistics on medical records skill
- already held document management knowledge
- already held follow clinical guidelines skill
- already held health care system knowledge
- already held health records management knowledge
- already held identify patients' medical records skill
- already held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality skill
- already held manage healthcare users' data skill
- already held medical informatics knowledge
- already held medical terminology knowledge
- already held perform clinical coding procedures skill
- already held professional documentation in health care knowledge
- already held use electronic health records management system skill
- already held communicate in healthcare skill
- already held manage digital documents skill
- already held review patient's medical data skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held perform backups required
- optional, not held use databases optional
- optional, not held send samples to laboratory optional
- optional, not held medical studies optional
- optional, not held pharmacology optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held answer patients' questions optional
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held participate in medical records' auditing activities optional
- optional, not held transfer medical information optional
- optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held handle paperwork optional
- optional, not held medical studies optional
- optional, not held pharmacology optional
- optional, not held send samples to laboratory optional
- optional, not held use communication techniques optional
- optional, not held use databases optional
- optional, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care optional
3 held skills the medical records clerk role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role healthcare analytics knowledge
- not needed by the target role human anatomy knowledge
- not needed by the target role human physiology knowledge
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held administrative tasks in a medical environment required
- required, not held data storage required
- required, not held database required
- required, not held health care legislation required
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held medical studies optional
- optional, not held pharmacology optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.