Production Coding Specialist III - Remote

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Reviews documentation for appropriate required elements, such as attestations, signatures, dates, and other medical record documentation requirements.
• Abstracts and codes surgical procedures from all sections of CPT and cross walks surgical codes to ASA.
• May code more complex anesthesia cases.
• Applies appropriate modifiers.
• Codes ICD10.
• Abstracts anesthesia times and events.
• Identifies and assigns care team providers.
• Reviews for medical direction.
• Mets team KPIs including daily production and quarterly coding audit score requirements.
• Works cases that have been escalated by coding staff and provides feedback on escalated cases.
• Provides required reports for management as requested.
• Works complex edits and denials, including concurrency and provider time conflicts.
• Identifies and reports trends.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Highschool graduate or equivalent.
• 5+ years of complex surgical coding across all specialties, 4+ years of anesthesia coding, and 5+ years of experience in anesthesia.
• Current CPC required, CANPC a plus.
• Experience with multiple EMR’s and documentation types and templates, including handwritten paper documentation, and electronic medical records.
• Extensive knowledge and working experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Adobe PDF.
• Intermediate Outlook skills.
• Ten key proficiencies.
• High proficiency in communicating well with all levels of USAP employees.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills required to complete daily assignments in a timely manner.
• Ability to read, write, and speak English.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to self-motivate new projects.