Profee Coder
Address: Phoenix AZ
Hours: 8am-5pm M-F
System: NextGen
AHIMA or AAPC Certification Required
Responsibilities:
- Abstracts medical record documents to determine appropriate CPT procedure(s) and ICD-10 diagnosis
- Reviews physician notes and charts for accuracy
- Ensures coded services, provider charges and medical record documentation meet appropriate guidelines or standards
- Carefully reviews and corrects any charges posted by clinic staff while ensuring all services are accounted for and billed
- Identifies and optimizes revenue opportunities
- Works closely with departments to optimize reimbursement, ensure charge capture, reduce late charges and provide feedback to providers
- Follows the established industry standard and CMS coding guidelines to ensure proper billing of charges - includes CPT-4 and ICD codes as well as modifiers
- Posts, produces and sends all charges for invoice vendors
- Adheres closely to the department's charge reconciliation process
- Posts any related payments and/or adjustments for surgery charges posted
- Makes changes to demographic information as necessary in order to produce a clean patient statement
- Performs all other assigned duties