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A Certified Inpatient and Outpatient Professional Documentation Expert is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and compliance of clinical documentation across both inpatient and outpatient settings. They collaborate with physicians, nurses, and other providers to clarify diagnoses, procedures, and treatment plans so that the medical record supports the patient’s severity of illness, risk of mortality, medical necessity, and appropriate reimbursement. Key duties include concurrent and retrospective chart review, generating and tracking provider queries, applying official coding and documentation guidelines, educating clinical staff on best practices, and monitoring documentation quality metrics to support regulatory, audit, and revenue cycle integrity.

The Certified Professional Medical Auditor is responsible for performing comprehensive audits of medical records, coding, and billing to ensure accuracy, compliance with federal and state regulations, and alignment with payer policies. This role helps protect the organization from financial risk, supports accurate reimbursement, and promotes high standards of documentation and clinical integrity. Key Responsibilities Perform prospective and retrospective audits of medical records, coding, and billing across assigned service lines (e.g., outpatient, inpatient, behavioral health, SUD/MH, lab). Verify that documentation supports ICD‑10‑CM, CPT, and HCPCS coding; identify under‑coding, over‑coding, unbundling, and other compliance risks. Review claims for adherence to Medicare/Medicaid, commercial payer, and regulatory guidelines; ensure compliance with NCCI edits and payer‑specific policies. Prepare clear, detailed audit reports summarizing findings,...

CPC Expertise in medical record review to abstract information required to support accurate coding. Ability to identify documentation deficiencies and properly query providers for proper code capture. Expertise in assigning accurate CPT, HCPCS Level II, and ICD-10-CM medical codes for diagnoses and procedures. Proficiency across a wide range of services, including evaluation and management, anesthesia, surgery, radiology, pathology, and medicine. A sound knowledge of medical coding guidelines and regulations including compliance and reimbursement – allowing a CPC to better handle issues such as medical necessity, claims denials, bundling issues, and charge capture. CPB Proven knowledge of how to submit claims compliant with government regulations and private payer policies. Ability to follow up on claim statuses, resolve claim denials, submit appeals, post payments and adjustments, and manage collections. In-depth knowledge of...