Medical Billing and Coding

• Evaluates medical records, provides clinical and surgical abstraction and assigns appropriate clinical diagnosis and procedure codes.
• Analyzes medical information from medical records
• Accurately codes diagnostic and procedural information in accordance with national coding guidelines
• Consults with medical providers to clarify missing or inadequate record information and to determine appropriate codes.
• Provides thorough, timely and accurate coding in accordance to department specific productivity and quality standards.

Profee Coder – Primary Care

• Assign and sequence ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, and CPT-4 codes for inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory, and emergency room records while ensuring accuracy for billing, reimbursement, and compliance
• Review medical records for DRG/APC assignment, verify charge accuracy, abstract clinical data, and collaborate with providers and hospital departments to ensure proper documentation and regulatory compliance
• Accurately reflects the diagnosis and procedures per department procedure within the medical records
• Proactively communicates with providers, staff, leadership and hospital departments to ensure adequate documentation to support services
• Performs Charge capture and data entry per department protocol and procedure
• Ensures accurate abstracting of clinical data and meets regulatory and compliance requirements

Certified Facility Coder

• Responsible for taking a guiding role in the orientation and ongoing education of all healthcare professionals involved in the coding and documentation processes of CentraCare.
• Ensuring the accuracy of information in coding processes through periodic audits.
• Conduct reeducation and training of staff to ensure departments meet targets.
• Serve as a figurehead of knowledge related to all coding systems, regulations, and reimbursement requirements.

Coding Specialist, Educator

• Accurately assigns appropriate ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 codes to outpatient records
• Abstract essential data elements for tracking, reporting, and reimbursement purposes
• Keying, billing and collections for assigned client databases
• Review and analyze medical records for document deficiencies
• Ensure accurate coding and compliance with Federal and State regulations
• Verify accuracy of patient account, type, and demographic data
• Meet productivity standards set by Revenue Integrity Coding department

Certified Professional Coder

• Reviews documentation and assigns appropriate ICD-10, CPT and HCPCS codes.
• Assigns appropriate primary diagnosis after deciding what was chiefly responsible for the encounter.
• Assigns appropriate modifiers according to guidelines.
• Finalizes the appropriate data for accounts.
• Clarifies documentation or diagnosis by communicating with the physician.
• Ensures weekly, monthly, and quarterly department goals are met.
• Makes recommendations to the Billing and Coding Manager for process and quality improvement.
• Maintains knowledge of current coding rules and trends for coding types assigned by attending seminars, workshops and watching webinars.

Medical Coder

• Review medical documentation from physicians and other healthcare providers
• Assign modifiers, diagnostic and procedure codes for symptoms, diseases, injuries, surgeries and treatments according to official classification systems and standards
• Provide accurate and timely ICD-10-CM coding of diagnoses, HCPCS and CPT coding
• Review and audit medical record documentation accurately to reflect healthcare coding and substantiate appropriate service reimbursement
• Convey coding guidelines to physicians and other healthcare providers to improve the accuracy of medical record documentation
• Participate in coding team meetings and serve as a subject matter expert.

Coder, Provider Practice – Hospitalist

• Process claims to appropriate primary, secondary, and/or tertiary insurance company according to insurance guidelines
• Perform follow-up on unpaid insurance accounts identified through aging reports
• Process appeals when appropriate
• Process refund requests
• Identify trends, and carrier issues relating to billing and reimbursements, report findings to leadership
• Maintain Privacy & Confidentiality of patient information and organizational operations
• Responsible for learning, understanding and following payer guidelines
• Reallocate misapplied payments and adjustments
• Work special assignments when needed

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