Virtual Outpatient Coder - Remote
she recruitsDenver, CO
Virtual Outpatient Coder - Remote
she recruitsDenver, COSenior L5
Health Information Technologists and Medical RegistrarsMedical Records SpecialistsHealthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other
General Medical and Surgical HospitalsAll Other Miscellaneous Ambulatory Health Care ServicesFreestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers
APPLY NOW (opens in a new tab)Outpatient Coder (Remote) Full-time • Work From HomeMust have Surgical/OBS coding experience and documented billing edit experience Ob Summary As part of our hospital outpatient coding team, you will work outpatient coding quality and/or billing alerts/edits for hospital outpatient encounters (e.g., same day surgery, observation, wound care, emergency department, and/or diagnostic) to ensure complete and accurate code assignment. This is a great starting position for those wanting to move from production coding toward an outpatient coding quality review position.
Job Responsibilities:
Verifying accuracy of assigned CPT codes for complex and/or error prone procedures, Verifying the diagnosis coding accuracy for complex and/or error prone encounters, Validating certain discharge dispositions, Reviewing charge and procedure mismatches, Reviewing codes with revenue integrity for NCD/LCD coverage, Reviewing invalid codes, code conflicts, and missing modifiers, Working with other team members in billing, revenue integrity, etc. to route or resolve alerts/edits, Combining codes for payment window encounters, Initiating rebills for miss coded encounters, and/orAssisting with resolution of accounts with HIM/Coding unbilled hold reasons preventing final billing.
Qualifications:
- Undergraduate (Associate's or Bachelor's) degree in HIM/HIT required
- Minimum 1 year hospital, acute care same day surgery outpatient coding and auditing experience requiredRHIA, RHIT or CCS preferred
- Payer focused, quality edits and customer complaintsMUST HAVE acute care facility coding experience across all OP work types including Same Day Surgery, Observation and specialities of Cardiology, IVR and Wound Care.
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Level
Senior L5
Location
Denver, CO
Occupation
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars
Industry
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
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