Job Summary : Trauma Registrar is responsible for collecting, abstracting, coding and reporting data regarding patients with traumatic injuries. The incumbent reviews medical records and communicates with trauma team staff to identify reportable cases and to collect information related to severity and cause of injury and course of care and outcome, and codes and enters the data into the New York State Trauma Registry database according to program guidelines.
Responsibilities:

• Reviews a variety of medical records to collect information related to trauma patients
• Identifies patient records that meet criteria for inclusion in the New York State Trauma Registry, using ICD diagnosis and other criteria defined by the Registry
• Reads and interprets the various components of the medical record, such as physician documentation, radiology reports, laboratory reports and all treatment modalities, in order to abstract and code for entry int...