10 Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
Springfield, IL
Coder Technical Charging Job Description Department: Medical Record Management
Hours: Full time, 40 hours/week
Shift: 1st shift
Required: High School Diploma, CPC within 1 year of hire, Graduate of accredited LPN program
Responsibilities Assign charge codes and facility charge category assignment for emergency department visits timely (defined per department standards).
Contact ED nursing staff in a professional, tactful manner, if required documentation is not available on record, thru personal contact, e-mail, and/or telephone as needed.
Refers charts to ED Director, if there is a question regarding the procedures, charge codes, modifiers.
Develop and maintain metrics to monitor accuracy of charge code assignment, improvement of revenue capture,
Ensure that emergency department charge master assigned CPT codes and supply charges are based on supporting documentation as required by federal, state compliance guidelines.
Ensure that emergency department CPT charge master codes (hard...