The University Of Chicago

A leading urban research university in Chicago is seeking an experienced medical coder and biller. The role involves reviewing and coding medical procedures, guiding faculty on documentation, and participating in revenue meetings. Candidates must have a background in healthcare billing, ICD/CPT coding knowledge, and strong interpersonal skills. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and experience with electronic medical systems is required. #J-18808-Ljbffr

* Obtain appropriate reimbursement levels for professional services by reviewing and coding medical procedures, diagnoses, and physician visits.* Analyze denial and rejection reports, and appeal wherever appropriate.* Submit charges in a timely manner.* Work in collaboration with the Clinical Revenue Supervisor and others, provide guidance to faculty and staff on the charge capture and documentation processes.* Educate physicians and support staff on coding issues, including issues related to fraud and abuse as it relates to coding/professional billing/clinical documentation.* Attend and participate in meetings related to clinical revenue production and compliance.* Track physicians on inpatient service and ensure charges are captured for services provided.* Manage tracking log.* Audit and provide feedback to all providers rotating on inpatient service.* Other duties as assigned.* Thorough working knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, as demonstrated by...

* Maintains advanced-level expertise in CPT, ASA, ICD-10, HCPCS, modifier use, medical terminology, payer rules, HIPAA, and institutional billing requirements.* Independently reviews, abstracts, and codes highly complex anesthesiology services, including time-based anesthesia, staffing, and critical event documentation.* Ensures all services documented in the patient record are coded and posted accurately; obtains additional documentation in a timely manner following established protocols.* Meets or exceeds departmental productivity and accuracy standards.* Research and resolves coding-related edits, payer rejections, insurance denials, and PHA account issues.* Tracks inpatient anesthesia services and reconciles professional and PHA charges to ensure complete and accurate capture.* Reviews denial and rejection trends, identifies workflow, documentation, or compliance issues affecting reimbursement, and escalates issues as appropriate.* Serves as a knowledge resource to clinical...

* Obtain appropriate reimbursement levels for professional services by reviewing and coding physician services including but not limited to procedures, evaluation and management services, diagnoses, and modifiers.* Analyze denial and rejection reports, and appeal wherever appropriate.* Submit charges in a timely manner.* Work in collaboration with the team to provide guidance to faculty and staff on the charge capture and documentation processes.* Work in collaboration with clinical revenue management and others, provide guidance to faculty and staff on the charge capture and documentation processes.* Educate physicians and support staff on coding issues, including issues related to fraud.* Assign appropriate CPT, HCPCS and ICD-10 codes for professional services as per designated workflow.* Review and resolve edits resulting from these services in a timely manner.* Query physicians to clarify conflicting, imprecise, incomplete, ambiguous, and/or inconsistent documentation when...