Medical Coder, OBGYN Clinic & Surgery
IKS Health
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $25 - $28 per hour
About the role
- responsible for providing coding and abstracting services for clients on inpatient, outpatient, and clinic visits for professional fee (physician services) medical records using ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 data sets
- use established coding principles, software and knowledge to assign diagnostic and procedural codes after a thorough review of the medical record
- participate in industry forums and support coding education within the team
- reviews medical records to identify pertinent diagnoses and procedures
- abstracts appropriate information from the medical record based on guidelines
- solicits clarification from the physician regarding ambiguous or conflicting documentation
- acts as a mentor to training coders and/or new hires
Requirements
- CPC,COC,CIC,CCA, CCS,CCS-P,RHIT or RHIA
- Must have a minimum of 3 years of professional fee coding experience, 5 preferred.
- Must have strong skills in Profee OBGYN Clinic & Surgery both office and surgical.
- Coding Productivity Expectation: 10 per hour
- Must be able to code Clinic E&M and CPTs
- Must have experience with EPIC, 3M, 360
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Understands medical terminology, anatomy, physiology, surgical technology, pharmacology, and disease processes.
- Extensive knowledge of ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 coding principles and guidelines, reimbursement systems, federal, state and payer-specific regulations and policies pertaining to documentation, coding and billing.
- Must pass coding proficiency test.
Benefits
- healthcare
- 401 (k)
- paid time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
ICD-10-CMCPT-4coding principlesmedical record reviewdiagnostic codingprocedural codingcoding productivityE&M codingProfee codingabstracting
Soft Skills
communication skillsmentoringteam supportclarification solicitation
Certifications
CPCCOCCICCCACCSCCS-PRHITRHIA