Medical Coder 3-Remote

Responsibilities

• Codes diagnoses and procedures of patient records.
• Completes assigned goals.
• Serves as a resource to physician office staff, clinical documentation specialists, case managers, etc.
• Assists in onboarding of new staff and/or education of more specialized workflows.
• Affixes to research of new specialty areas, new treatments in medicine, etc.
• Collaborates with new acquisitions on documentation improvement and medical necessity, including education.

Requirements

• Minimum of one year of experience in physician/professional, outpatient surgery, and/or emergency department coding.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Experience in an acute care facility, professional office or integrated health system.
• Education: Associate's degree preferred.
• Skills: Proficiency in coding physician/professional and outpatient (ancillary, emergency department, outpatient surgery, etc) records utilizing ICD-9-CM and CPT-4.
• Preferred certifications: CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CCS, CCS-P, RHIT, RHIA.
• Special skills: Physician education, leadership, mentoring, workflow documentation.

Skills

• Clear and effective communication in written, oral, and verbal formats.
• Legible writing and accurate record-keeping.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

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