Westchester Medical Center

Job Summary : The Senior Coder is responsible for addressing appeals to insurance companies and coding highly complex medical records, including all diagnoses and operative and diagnostic procedures in patient medical records, using the current International Classification of Diseases (ICD), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and Health Care Financing Administration Common Procedures Coding System (HCPCS), and entering coded information into an automated grouper system. Technical guidance and acting in a lead role is expected. Does related work as required. Responsibilities: Addresses appeals to insurance denials to facilitate expedient resolution and reimbursement. Interprets and applies American Hospital Association Official Coding guidelines to articulate and support principle and secondary diagnoses and selected procedures. Identifies and analyzes patterns in possible coding errors or other trends and reports to the Supervising Medical Records Coder....

Job Summary : Under the direction of the Health Information Management Coding leadership, the successful candidate will be responsible for developing, managing, and facilitating ongoing training for HIM coder trainees and coders at all Network facilities. Must have thorough knowledge of ICD/CPT/HCPCS guidelines, strong interpersonal and organizational skills. Strong oral and written communication skills is required and be proficient in working with multiple computer application, and EMR systems. Responsibilities: + Participates in the development of education materials and manuals. + Participates in the design and development of any future systems. + Develops instructions and strategies for new and existing training programs. + Coordinates training program schedules with participants, instructors and department management. + Educate and train coders on system operability in an efficient manner. + Develops, prepares and distributes training aids;...