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Medical Coder- Outpatient Coder (Remote, must have their own equipment)
Cook County, IL 60612
6 months (Possible extension)
Shift: 8am-4:30pm CST – Mon-Fri.
Responsibilities:
- Review clinical documentation in order to assign diagnostic and procedural codes for inpatient and outpatient medical records according to the appropriate classification system
- Ensures accurate, timely, and appropriate assignment of ICD-10, CPT/HCPCS, and modifiers for the purposes of billing, internal and external reporting, research, and compliance with regulatory and payer guidelines
- Monitors documentation turnaround time and productivity, and follows up on deferred accounts or with physicians and other clinical staff as needed
- May be tasked with generating reports and/or analyzing data related to evaluation and management code utilization, CPT code application, denials, reimbursement per contracted terms, etc.
- Provides coding feedback to providers, clinical department leadership, and revenue cycle team
- Assist coding educators with education regarding documentation improvement
- Escalate coding and documentation issues to revenue cycle leadership, and assist facilitating corrective action plans
- Assists with design and implementation of workflow updates and coding tools
- Support denial team on coding related denials
- Special projects as assigned
Experience
- High School Diploma required
- RHIA, RHIT, COC and/or CCS Certification
- Minimum 3 years experience in medical record coding- outpatient coding (all hospital services)
- Knowledge of medical terminology and anatomy and physiology required
- Windows applications, Outlook, WebEx and other apps as needed to perform role