Medical Records Director pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 39020
- Class code
- 39020
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- P3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Medical Records Director is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 39020.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 10/12/1994.
What the state says the job is
This is administrative work planning and directing the operations of the medical records department in a state facility. An employee in this class directs the facility department that is responsible for the establishment, classification and maintenance of medical records and documents. This employee develops and implements facility policies and procedures required to ensure proper medical records completion and maintenance and compliance with accrediting/certifying agencies' requirements. Work requires a high degree of accuracy due to the frequency of multiple classification or cross references in a single case. Duties include supervision of a clerical/technical staff engaged in the maintenance of complex medical case histories.
Examples of the work
vDirects the daily operations of the medical records department in a state facility. Reviews medical records for completeness and accuracy and refers incomplete or inaccurate records to attending physicians for correction; obtains necessary signature, laboratory and x-ray reports, electrocardiograph tracings, necropsy, pathology, and all other reports in order to complete records and as the records relate to medicolegal documentation issues in conjunction with risk management and quality assurance.
Minimum qualifications
Registration as a Medical Records Administrator with the American Health Information Management Association; or Two years of experience as a Medical Records Technician; and registration as a Medical Records Technician with the American Health Information Management Association; or Four years of experience in the preparation, classification and abstracting of medical reports in a medical records department; and registration as a Medical Records Technician with the American Health Information Management Association.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.