Job Description
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Work collaboratively with peers, offshore vendors, and senior management to ensure business needs are met. Provide support to physicians and care center staff with RCM questions or escalations. Conduct account research and analysis. Understand Payer nuances and will be able to help in creating payer-specific billing rules. Identify and execute necessary proce
8:00 AM
Coders start the day by pulling their assigned chart queue. In a hospital setting, an inpatient coder might work 15–25 charts per…
8:30 AM
Open the first chart. Read the operative report, discharge summary, and physician notes. Assign the principal diagnosis code (the…
10:30 AM
Encounter a complex chart — a patient with multiple comorbidities and a surgical complication. You spend extra time to capture eve…
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