Forrest General Hospital

Job Summary: Performs final ICD-10-CM diagnosis coding and CPT procedure coding on Outpatient Surgery, Surgical Clinic, professional surgery coding and Observation Encounters. Observation coders are responsible for calculating OBS hours based on the procedure used at Forrest Health. Coders help insure the data integrity of the patient's clinical record. Coders are responsible for the abstraction of ADT information at the time of final coding. Coders must be able to effectively communicate with the medical staff, other departments, and teammates through queries, email, telephone, teleconference and/or face-to-face encounters. Coders are expected to research diagnosis and procedure techniques to ensure assignment of the appropriate ICD10 CM and CPT codes. Uses EPIC and 3M software to review the electronic medical records and the 3M encoder to code and calculate the billing APC in EPIC or the appropriate billing E&M levels for surgical clinics. Coders are expected to work...