US Department of Veterans Affairs
Montgomery, AL
Allied Health Professional Major duties may include, but are not limited to: Applies knowledge of medical record content, medical terminology, anatomy & physiology, diseases processes, and official coding guidelines to assign codes to the most basic and routine outpatient and/or inpatient professional services. Selects and assigns codes from the current versions of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), and/or Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS). With instruction from a senior coder or supervisor learns to select diagnosis, operation, or procedure codes based on the accepted coding practices, guidelines, conventions and policy. Assigns codes to documented patient care encounters (outpatient professional services); encounters are routine and less complex or for only one specialty or subspecialty. Selects and assigns codes from the current version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) Clinical...