Coder - Professional
Coder – Professionals are responsible for professional coding includes the assignment of ICD-CM, CPT, and HCPCS codes, modifiers, and evaluation and management (E/M codes) provider audits. Interacts with medical staff, nursing, ancillary departments, provider offices, and outside organizations.
Accepting remote workers in the following states:
- Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas
Department: Physician Coding
Hours: Full time, 40 hours/week
Shift: 1st
Location: Remote or On-site
Required: High School Diploma, CCA, CCS, CPC, RHIT, or RHIA upon hire; CPC required within 1 year of hire
Pay: Based on experience, starting at $22.72
Responsibilities
- Analyze and confirm assigned encounters for provider's selection of EM code level utilizing EM code level selection auditing tool.
- Assists physicians with record documentation needs by requesting clarification for additional information.
- Assists in educating physicians and ancillary staff members about documentation needed for coding process.
- Contacts physician offices and/or SBL departments as needed for diagnostic information to code the encounter.
- Assists with training new coding staff as requested.
- Codes all types of encounters as assigned and assists co-workers as needed.
- Codes and resolves clinic, hospitalist, ED, and applicable ancillary services professional encounters based on established production standards.
- Ensures data quality and optimum reimbursement allowable under the federal and state payment systems.
- Meets quality standards of having 95% of diagnoses and procedures appropriately and/or correctly coded.
- Performs follow-up on encounters that need to be coded and resolved.
- Reviews and corrects all encounters that are rejected or denied.
- Reviews record thoroughly to ascertain all diagnoses/procedures. Codes all diagnoses/procedures in accordance to ICD-CM and CPT coding principles, official guidelines and regulations.
Requirements
- High School (Required)CCA - Certified Coding Associate - American Health Information Management Association, CCS - Certified Coding Specialist - American Health Information Management Association, Certified Evaluation & Management Auditor - Sarah Bush Lincoln, Certified Professional Coder-A - Sarah Bush Lincoln, Certified Professional Coder - Sarah Bush Lincoln, Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) - American Health Information Management Association or Registered Health Info Administrator (RHIA) - American Health Information Management Association
Compensation
Estimated Compensation Range
$22.72 - $35.22
Pay based on experience