Coder
Are you a skilled and experienced medical coder? Do you hope to impact patient lives and advance your career by joining a prestigious healthcare company? If you answered “yes” to these queries – this is the position for you!
Typical Job Duties
- Perform inpatient and outpatient medical billing and coding functions
- Review medical records and documentation to ensure compliance with coding of modifiers, diagnoses, and procedures
- Interact with physicians
- Provide feedback to doctors
- Submit documentation needed
- Sort out issues and settle questions with third-party payers, patients, billing departments, and physicians
- Coordinate coding and documentation-related billing processes for compliance
Desired Skills and Qualifications
- Minimum of 1-year coding experience
- Completion of a Certified Professional Coder course of study
- Coder Licensing/certification from AAPC/AHIMA, or at least one of the following:
- Certificate Coding Specialist (CCS)
- Certified Coding Specialist – Physician (CCS-P)
- Certified Professional Medical Coder (CPC)
- Certified Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS/CMAA)
- Professional Medical Coder Outpatient Hospital (COC)
- Board of Medical Specialty Coding (BMSC)
- Registered Health Information Technologist (RHIT)
- Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA)
- Sub-specialty certification is a plus (i.e. Certified Interventional Radiology Cardiology Coder, CIRCC)
- Adept at extracting codes from physician notes
- Detailed knowledge and experience in medical coding systems (i.e. CPT, ICD-9, and ICD-10)
- Versed in medical terminology
- Analytical skills
- Detail oriented
- Good written and verbal communications skills
- Multi-tasker with the ability to prioritize to meet deadlines
- Works well without supervision
- Advanced computer skills in MS Word, Excel and Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat
- Experience with payer portals and medical/EMR software
- Type a minimum of 55 WPM
Advantages of this Job Opportunity
- Competitive salary
- Health care benefits
- Challenging and engaging work environment