Medical Billing and Coding

• Reviewing documentation and selecting the appropriate procedure and/or diagnosis code to be entered in billing documents
• Ensuring that teaching physician requirements are met and are clearly reflected in the documentation
• Other duties as assigned

Certified Coder – Practice Operations, Certified Professional Coder

• Independently perform complex, specialty-specific professional fee coding (CPT/HCPCS and ICD-10-CM) for physician services rendered in both office and hospital settings
• Ensure all coding adheres strictly to official guidelines (e.g., provided by AAPC or AHIMA), federal regulations (CMS), and organizational compliance standards
• Identify the need for formal clinical queries for documentation clarification when necessary for professional or facility records
• Maintain high accuracy and productivity standards appropriate to the complexity of the assigned workload
• May provide informal guidance to new coding staff on professional coding nuances

Coder II – Cardiology

• Independently perform complex, specialty-specific professional fee coding (CPT/HCPCS and ICD-10-CM) for physician services rendered in both office and hospital settings, ensuring expert application of modifiers and E/M guidelines
• Perform entry-level facility coding for simple outpatient encounters (e.g., diagnostic imaging, labs) and basic inpatient services (e.g., uncomplicated admissions, short stays) using ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS, where applicable
• Ensure all coding adheres strictly to official guidelines (e.g., provided by AAPC or AHIMA), federal regulations (CMS), and organizational compliance standards
• Identify the need for formal clinical queries for documentation clarification when necessary for professional or facility records
• Maintain high accuracy and productivity standards appropriate to the complexity of the assigned workload
• May provide informal guidance to new coding staff on professional coding nuances

Coder II – ENT, Audiology

• Accurately assign and appropriately sequence ICD-10 and CPT codes and all applicable modifiers
• Contact clients as appropriate when documentation in the medical record is inadequate, ambiguous or unclear for coding purposes
• Monitor regulatory and payer changes as they apply to diagnostic and procedure coding
• Research and resolve coding related system edits, payer rejections and insurance denials
• Identify system edit, payer rejection, and insurance denial trends for client policy and procedure improvement
• Maintain up to date knowledge of the current changes of coding practices by continuing education and reading resource material
• Other innovative and progressive duties as assigned

Coding Specialist

Certified Coder – Practice Operations – Part-Time

• Ability to comprehend medical record documentation to accurately assign codes for both concurrent and discharged accounts across multiple specialties.
• Meets minimum requirements for production and quality monthly.
• Requires a working knowledge of code sequencing for grouper-related payers with attention to detail to avoid rework and waste with charge capture assessment component.
• Requires understanding and application of M.E.A.T. criteria (i.e., monitoring, evaluation, assessment, treatment) using ICD 10 CM transaction data set to capture diagnoses.
• Analyzes high-risk encounters for accurate and/or missing charges gaps prior to encounter completion (i.e., missing charges from anesthesia, surgery) when manual charge capture occurs.
• Understand complexity of billing requirements and incorporates payer specific trends into day-to-day reviews to reduce “take backs” associated with un-clear, or un-substantiated care rendered.
• Requires excellent coding knowledge of ICD 10 CM, CPT 4, and modifier application, with expectations to maintain certification (i.e., CCS, CPC, RHIT, or RHIA) and apply ICD 10 CM Coding Guidelines specific to both inpatient and outpatient encounters.
• Facilitate modifications to clinical documentation through query interaction to ensure that the information captured supports the level of service rendered, with attention towards chronic conditions, hierarchical condition categories (HCC), and risk adjustment factors (RAF).

Inpatient Coder

• Responsible for assisting the coding department with the day-to-day non-coding duties support activities
• Assigns codes to office-based visits and procedures using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10-CM), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS)
• Resolve coding edits to assure accurate and complete claims submission
• Sequences diagnoses and procedure codes as outlined in CPT, ICD-10-CM, and HCPCS Coding Guidelines while adhering to local and national governmental payer guidelines
• Reviews all clinician documentation to support assigned codes in the health information record
• Follows up and obtains clarification of inaccurate documentation as appropriate
• Codes risk adjustable encounters, resolves CRMs, and trends coding denials, as assigned
• Conducts formal coding and documentation reviews, clinician reviews and quality reviews, as assigned
• Assists with coding research functions and education activities
• Creates clinician coding and documentation education based on query trends or ad-hoc requests
• Adheres to the organization and departmental guidelines, policies, and protocols.
• Abides by Standards of Ethical Coding as set forth by the American Health Information Management Association and adheres to official coding guidelines.
• Practices ethical judgment in assigning and sequencing codes for proper insurance reimbursement
• Maintains confidentiality of patient.

Physician Support Coder

• Ability to comprehend medical record documentation to accurately assign codes for both concurrent and discharged accounts across multiple specialties.
• Meets minimum requirements for production and quality monthly.
• Requires a working knowledge of code sequencing for grouper-related payers with attention to detail to avoid rework and waste with charge capture assessment component.
• Requires understanding and application of M.E.A.T. criteria (i.e., monitoring, evaluation, assessment, treatment) using ICD 10 CM transaction data set to capture diagnoses.
• Analyzes high-risk encounters for accurate and/or missing charges gaps prior to encounter completion (i.e., missing charges from anesthesia, surgery) when manual charge capture occurs.
• Understand complexity of billing requirements and incorporates payer specific trends into day-to-day reviews to reduce “take backs” associated with un-clear, or un-substantiated care rendered. (i.e., varying modifier assignment for EAPG vs. Non-EAPG payer specificity)
• Requires excellent coding knowledge of ICD 10 CM, CPT 4, and modifier application, with expectations to maintain certification (i.e., CCS, CPC, RHIT, or RHIA) and apply ICD 10 CM Coding Guidelines specific to both inpatient and outpatient encounters.
• Facilitate modifications to clinical documentation through query interaction to ensure that the information captured supports the level of service rendered, with attention towards chronic conditions, hierarchical condition categories (HCC), and risk adjustment factors (RAF).
• Demonstrates an excellent working knowledge of hospital information systems to retrieve data specific information (i.e., order diagnosis, patient type) within a complicated filing schema including non-hospital data (i.e., Media Tab, Office Visits etc)

Facility ED Coder

• Evaluate medical records and provide clinical and surgical abstraction
• Accurately code diagnostic and procedural information
• Consult with medical providers for record clarification
• Ensure compliance with coding rules and regulations
• Compile reports and tabulate data from medical records
• Identify validation edits and ensure accurate coding
• Work independently under regular supervision

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