Ascension
Austin, TX, USA
We Are Hiring
Department: Pediatric Surgery Department
Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00a - 4:30p
Facility: Strictly Peds Medical Office
Location: 1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd Suite 400 Austin, Texas
What You Will Do
Apply the appropriate diagnostic and procedural code to patient health records for purposes of document retrieval, analysis and claim processing.
Responsibilities:
Abstract pertinent information from patient records. Assign the International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) or Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes, creating Ambulatory Patient Classification (APC) orDiagnosis-Related Group (DRG) assignments.
Perform complex coding.
Obtain acceptable productivity/quality rates as defined per coding policy.
Query physicians when code assignments are not straightforward or documentation in the record is inadequate, ambiguous, or unclear for coding purposes.
Maintain knowledge of, comply...