Pediatrix

Overview Responsibilities The Hospital Coder is responsible for the accuracy and timeliness of billing and coding to assure the revenue cycle is optimized through the account registration, billing, coding of hospital records and data entry of all hospital based charges into the billing system. Code from hospital records, physician notes and ancillary records. Assign modifiers and sequence codes appropriately to accurate reflect services provided. Gather and verify current demographic information including insurance information, insurance benefits and eligibility and obtains valid authorizations and referrals; contacting insurance companies (as necessary). Process daily billing; completing and submitting daily and monthly statistics and assisting the Practice Manager and physicians with coding and billing duties as needed. Obtains medical information from physicians and hospitals when required to validate correct coding. Performs data entry of registrations and charges in the...