Clinician Services Analyst Senior - Primary Care
Advocate Aurora Health
Anesthesia Coding Specialist II, PB Coding
Northwestern Medicine
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin
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💰 $24 - $35 per hour
Job Level
SeniorLead
About the role
- Performs CPT and ICD10 coding through abstraction of the medical record with a focus on more complex encounters and/or expertise with HCPCs procedural codes.
- Reviews anesthesia encounters, operative room and surgical procedural services, invasive procedures and/or drug infusion encounters and codes appropriately.
- Assigns appropriate CPT, ICD10 codes and modifiers with a minimum of 95% accuracy.
- Ensures charges are captured by performing various reconciliations (procedure schedules, OR logs and clinical system reports).
- Provides documentation feedback to physicians and trains physicians and other staff regarding documentation, billing and coding.
- Reviews and communicates new or revised billing and coding guidelines and information; attends meetings and educational roundtables.
- Resolves pre-accounts receivable edits and identifies repetitive documentation problems and system issues.
- Collaborates with Patient Accounting, PB Billing, and other operational areas to provide coding reimbursement expertise and assist with appeals.
- Acts as key point person for Revenue Cycle staff and Account Inquiry Unit staff in obtaining documentation and provides additional code and modifier information to assist with appealing denials.
- Meets established minimum coding productivity and quality standards for each encounter type.
- May perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- CANDIDATE MUST HAVE ANESTHESIA CODING EXPERIENCE
- Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) or Certified Professional Coder (CPC) certification or Certified Coding Specialist (CCS).
- Zero (0) to two (2) years of experience in a relevant role.
- 94% accuracy on organizations coding test.
- Preferred: Bachelor's or Associate's degree in a Health Information Management program accredited by CAHIIM.
- Previous experience with physician coding.
