Coding Specialist - Florence or Myrtle Beach

1. Maintains a professional image and exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers in accordance with our Service Excellence Standards and Core Values. 

2. Maintains credentials with AHIMA or AAPC is required.

3. Keeps abreast of all new coding developments by attending any coding classes, reading articles on coding updates, and attending seminars when available.

4. Possess outpatient coding knowledge and experience necessary to accurately assign ICD-10-CM codes for principal diagnosis and all applicable secondary diagnoses, including diagnosis needed to meet medical necessity for tests performed on all Emergency Department and/or Treatment Series encounters, as assigned.

5. Possess outpatient coding knowledge and experience necessary to accurately assign CPT procedure codes for principal procedure and any applicable secondary procedures on all Emergency Department encounters. Accurately assign CPT procedure codes for injection/infusion services on Observation and/or Treatment Series accounts.

6. Understands and appropriately assigns all applicable modifiers to CPT procedure codes and ancillary charges required to prevent billing edits. 

7. Maintains department specific productivity standards with a 95% accuracy rate.

8. Queries physicians appropriately when documentation is not clear in the medical record.

9. Respects patient confidentiality at all times.

10. Performs other backup duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: 80 hours bi-weekly

Qualifications:

At least one year coding instruction in qualified program or previous coding experience in Hospital setting preferred.

Requirements:
Degrees:
High School/Ged
Licenses and Certifications:
 
AAPC Certified Professional Coder