Job Title
Duties
Help Lead MRTs (Coder) review coding and assist MRTs (Coder) in ensuring timeliness and improving coding accuracy; provide coding guidance to various levels of staff to promote consistency in practice and compliance with coding rules and regulations; initiate, prepare, and maintain various reports, and analyze data; and may also coordinate, assign, and monitor workflow. Duties include but are not limited to:
- Provide input for performance evaluations and hiring.
- Orient and instruct new coding personnel and/or students on coding, abstracting, and use of the electronic health record and encoder software.
- Ensure audit findings and claim denials related to coding errors are resolved and/or daily coding rejects corrected for accurate billing and data collection.
- Monitor trends and/or changes in regulatory and policy requirements affecting coding practices and identify educational needs.
- Develop coding training materials and present a curriculum encompassing ongoing training initiatives.
- Provide assistance with coding inquiries from providers, MRTs (Coder), billers, and other facility staff.
- Monitors the status and progress of work and day-to-day adjustments in accordance with established priorities.
- Instructs employees in specific tasks and job techniques and makes available written instructions, reference materials and supplies.
- Gives on the job training to new coders and students to provide the individual with the basic knowledge, skill, and ability to perform the full range of routine and non-routine responsibilities required.
- Trains and works closely with professional and administrative staff to assist in the development, maintenance and usage of ICD and CPT codes to ensure accurate data capture.
- Distributes and balance the workload among employees in accordance with established workflow or job specialization, assures timely accomplishment of the assigned workload.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 0800-1630
Telework: Available.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 82644F