Connexion Systems & Engineering, Inc.
Billerica, MA, USA
Job Description Title: Medical Coding Specialist * Pay rate: $23/hr * Schedule: M-F, standard business hours Purpose: To ensure accurate coding for diagnosis documentation and services provided and evaluate medical records determined as unable-to-code by production coders. Duties and Responsibilities: * Assign ICD-10 diagnosis and CPT procedure codes while upholding accuracy standards/rationales regarding E/M leveling, diagnosis sequencing and procedure selection * Identify error trends in coding and elevate to applicable production management teams * Perform accuracy checks on UAC (Unable to Code) charts to identify non-deficient accounts being held erroneously * Execute follow-up checks in identified problem areas to ensure coder improvement * Manage client scrubbers to address CCI and medical necessity edits * Perform retrospective audits of production team-owned scrubber edit resolutions * Track functionality of coding software as meeting the needs of general coding principles...