Coder

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