Medical Coder 3-Remote
Summary
Medical coder reviews patient records to assign diagnosis and procedure codes for billing, research, and statistics, and educates providers on documentation standards in a healthcare setting.
Job Summary
Codes diagnoses and procedures of patient records and abstracting information for reimbursement, research, and to generate statistical data. Perform daily feedback and education to providers, staff and patients of BMG. Assist with education of current coding staff. Performs other duties as assigned.
Responsibilities
- Codes diagnoses and procedures of records.
- Completes assigned goals.
- Serves as a resource to physican office staff, clinical documentation specialist, case managers, etc.
- Act as lead for the team, assisting in onboarding of new staff and/or education of more specialized workflows.
- Assist in research of new speciality areas, new treatments in medicine, etc.
- Work with new acquisitions on documentation improvement and medical necessity, including education.
Specifications
Experience
Minimum Required
- Over one year of experience in physician /professional, outpatient surgery, and/or emergency department coding. Skill and proficiency in coding physician/professional outpatient (ancillary, emergency department, or outpatient surgery, etc) records utilizing ICD-9-CM and CPT-4 . Two years experience in an acute care facility, professional office or integrated health system. One year of documented successful physician education.
Preferred/Desired
Education
Minimum Required
- Skill and proficiency in coding physician/professional and outpatient (ancillary, emergency department, oupatient surgery, etc. ) records utilizing ICD-9-CM and CPT -4 through 5 years experience in an acute care facility, professional office or intergrated health system. Skill in communicating clearly and effectively using standard English in written, oral and verbal format to achieve high productivity and efficiency. Skill to write legibly and record information accurately as necessary to perform job duties. CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CCS, CCS-P, RHIT, RHIA
Preferred/Desired
- Associates degree
Training
Minimum Required
- CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CCS, CCS-P, RHIT, RHIA, HCPCS, ICD-10, ICD-9, CPT-4
Preferred/Desired
Special Skills
Minimum Required
Preferred/Desired
- Physician education, leadership, mentoring, workflow documentation
Licensure
- One of the following: Certified Coding Specialist (CSS), Certified Coding Specialist Physician (CCSP), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Outpatient Coder (COC/CPCH), Certified Professional Coder Payer (CPCP).
Minimum Required
- COC/CPCH;CPC-P ;CCS-P;RHIT;RHIA;CPC;CCS