Nuvance Health
Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
Description Summary: Accurately codes and abstracts outpatient medical records for reimbursement and statistical purposes using established coding guidelines. Reviews coding and amends coding edits to assure compliance with all applicable regulations. Responsibilities: 1. Codes all outpatient medical records in a timely and accurate manner according to department policy. 2. Defines and transforms verbal descriptions of diseases, injuries, and procedures into numerical designations (codes) using ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 according to established coding guidelines. 3. Initiates a physician/department query when there is conflicting, incomplete, or ambiguous documentation in the record or additional information is needed for accurate coding. 4. Enters all required information accurately into computer system for reimbursement and statistical purposes. 5. As applicable based on facility workflow, independently reconcile charges for areas of responsibility. Uses patient schedule...