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About Us

Physicians East, P.A. is a team of skilled healthcare professionals united to meet the challenge of delivering quality, cost-efficient, comprehensive healthcare to the people of Eastern North Carolina.

About The Role

We are looking for an employee that can work in a face-paced office setting to help post charges and post diagnostic reports for assigned section of specialty and subspecialty and communicate with physicians and staff regarding coding issues. Supervision Received: Reports to Regulatory Services Supervisor. Supervision Exercised: None.

Responsibilities

• Charge entry for assigned specialty and subspecialty
• Post diagnostic charges for assigned specialties
• Maintain current working knowledge of ICD-10-CM, CPT guidelines and carrier specific updates
• Communicate with physicians, insurance staff, and related departments regarding coding issues
• Research and correct denials if related to coding issues
• Attend departmental trainings and meetings as directed by supervisor

Requirements

• 1 to 2 years’ experience working with ICD-10 and CPT/HCPCS
• Associate degree in Health Information Technology with R.H.I.T certification or certification eligible within one year of employment or CCS/CCS-P/CPC certification with relevant educational requirement

Candidate requirements

1 to 2 years’ experience working with ICD-10 and CPT/HCPCS. Associate degree in Health Information Technology with R.H.I.T certification or certification eligible within one year of employment or CCS/CCS-P/CPC certification with relevant educational requirement.

Affirmative Action/EEO statement

Physicians East, P.A. is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity, which includes status as a transgender individual), national origin or ancestry, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information (including family medical history), physical or mental disability, or other legally protected status. Reasonable accommodation will be made for persons with disabilities during the application process and/or at the time of employment. Requests for accommodation should be made to the Human Resources Department as early as possible in the application/employment process.

Contact HR

Office: 252-413-6368
Email: careers@physicianseast.com

Disclaimer

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.