Henry Ford Health System
Farmington, MI, USA
Shift: Days 8:30AM - 5:00 PM Certified coder for busy multispecialty surgical practice, experience in general surgery or neurosurgery coding preferred. GENERAL SUMMARY: Applies the appropriate diagnostic and procedural code to patient health records for purposes of document retrieval, analysis and claim processing. Responsibilities: Abstracts pertinent information from patient records. Assigns the International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) or Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes, creating Ambulatory Patient Classification (APC) or Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) assignments. Obtains acceptable productivity/quality rates as defined per coding policy. Queries physicians when code assignments are not straightforward or documentation in the record is inadequate, ambiguous, or unclear for coding purposes. Maintains knowledge of and complies with coding guidelines and reimbursement reporting...
