Professional Coder II

Shriners Children's is the premier pediatric burn, orthopaedic, spinal cord injury, cleft lip and palate, and pediatric subspecialties medical center.  We have an opportunity for a remote Professional Coder II reporting into our Corporate Headquarters location.

The Professional Coder II performs at an advanced level medical coding position and serves as an expert utilizing International Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT 4) classification system coding to all diagnoses and procedures on a variety of encounter types including but not limited to Profee Evaluation and Management (E/M) and Profee in-office simple surgery at stated minimum performance levels.

Responsibilities:

• Interpret health record documentation using knowledge of anatomy, physiology, clinical disease processes, pharmacology and medical terminology to identify diagnoses and procedures
• Assign and sequence all ICD-10; CPT 4; Healthcare Common Procedure Coding (HCPC) and modifier codes for services rendered accurately and completely
• Reconcile correct coding edits and discrepancies prior to final coding
• Maintain coding quality of 95% or higher while meeting established productivity requirements based on encounter type
• Follows coding guidelines and legal requirements to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations
• Identify trends in documentation deficiencies and communicates areas of improvement opportunities to leadership and/or providers
• Acts as a key liaison for the physicians and clinical staff as it relates to coding and compliance
• Interacts with physicians and other professional staff of documentation issues relating to coding data
• Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision

Required:

• 4 yrs of profee coding in medical, surgical and physician professional specialties 
• Profee E/M coding experience
• Profee in-office simple surgery coding experience
• Advanced knowledge of Medical Terminology, Anatomy & Physiology and professional coding practice standards
• Proficient with 3M system or other encoder programs
• Proficient with CPT 4 and ICD-10 coding assignment
• Proficient with HCPC and modifier codes
• CCS (AHIMA), CCS-P (AHIMA) or CPC (AAPC) certification required
• High School Diploma/GED

Preferred:

• Pediatric, orthopedic and/or injury coding experience preferred