Advocate Health

Responsible for timely and accurate coding of hospital based professional services (outpatient hospital or inpatient hospital; single services or complete inpatient stays) by reading and/or reviewing medical record documentation to assign and sequence diagnoses and procedure codes according to coding guidelines, and enter into the electronic system: a. Appropriate diagnoses codes, professional service codes and modifiers and/or facility service/ charge codes. b. Assign and record appropriate modifiers (i.e., GC, NO or NDU) as appropriate based on Teaching Physician rules. Maintains a current knowledge of ICD diagnosis codes, CPT physician service codes, internal codes (for unlisted or unusual CPT codes), and governmental (Medicare, Medicaid, TriCare), commercial and managed care regulations by reading relevant professional literature and by attending workshops and lectures. Accrues sufficient continuing education hours to maintain national coding certification....

Responsible for timely and accurate coding of hospital based professional services (outpatient hospital or inpatient hospital; single services or complete inpatient stays) by reading and/or reviewing medical record documentation to assign and sequence diagnoses and procedure codes according to coding guidelines, and enter into the electronic system: a. Appropriate diagnoses codes, professional service codes and modifiers and/or facility service/ charge codes. b. Assign and record appropriate modifiers (i.e., GC, NO or NDU) as appropriate based on Teaching Physician rules. Maintains a current knowledge of ICD diagnosis codes, CPT physician service codes, internal codes (for unlisted or unusual CPT codes), and governmental (Medicare, Medicaid, TriCare), commercial and managed care regulations by reading relevant professional literature and by attending workshops and lectures. Accrues sufficient continuing education hours to maintain national coding...