Level One Personnel
Baltimore, MD, USA
Medical Coder Location: Greater Baltimore Area Type/Duration: Contract, 13 weeks possible extensions Pay: $15-40/hour Job Summary Following established conventions and guidelines, codes and abstracts the medical records of the diverse population of records within the facility. Meets departmental accuracy and production standards. Responsibilities Reviews medical records to determine the providers diagnosis/procedures for unit and assigns ICD-10-CM codes, CPT, and facility E&M levels to those diagnoses/procedures. Reviews the entire record for codable information. Uses resources (Coding references and guidelines, Coding Clinics, Auditors, CDI staff, Co-workers, internet, etc.) for guidance on coding as needed. Reviews the entire medical record for codeable information. Writes queries as appropriate and adheres to the query policy. Follows-up on queries and updates coding and the query as appropriate and in a timely manner. Abstracts predetermined information from...