Coding Specialist
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Position Summary: Reviews and validates outpatient and professional clinical documentation and diagnostic results. Extracts data and assigns alpha numeric codes for billing, internal and external statistical reporting, research, regulatory compliance and reimbursement.
Position Responsibilities:
Key Areas of Responsibility
- Applies strong knowledge of anatomy and physiology, clinical disease processes, pharmacology, and diagnostic and procedural terminology to determine the appropriate assignment of diagnosis and procedure codes.
- Analyzes medical records, interprets documentation and assigns proper International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Edition Clinical Modification (ICD‑10‑CM), Current Procedural Terminology/HealthCare Common Procedure Coding System (CPT/HCPCS), modifiers, and Evaluation & Management codes utilizing designated software to include Computer Assisted Coding (CAC) and/or encoder, coding manuals and other reference material as required.
- Enters charges for procedures that are not soft coded as instructed for certain patient types.
- Adheres to all department coding/charging procedures, policies, guidelines and quality standards.
- Completes on a daily basis cases that have been assigned to them utilizing the appropriate work lists.
- Codes complex diagnostic and procedural accounts, which includes but is not limited to the following:
- Professional Specialty Services
- Emergency Services
- Observation
- Same day surgery
- Pain Clinic
- Infusion Services
- Electrophysiology
- Cardiac Catheterizations
- LifeStar
- Orthopedic
- Critical Care