Coder and the Cancer Registrar: Defining the Differences in Roles and Coding
To the average coder, the hospital’s cancer registrar is the person who comes and gets charts, keeps them for a while, and then returns them to the HIM department. But little is known about what goes on at that other desk. This article outlines a cancer registrar’s duties and the d....
You are trying to access a resource only available to AHIMA members. Join today to have full access to everything in the BoK, take advantage of all the benefits of AHIMA membership, and become part of a network of more than 103,000 health information management professionals strong.