Job Description
Position Summary The Certified Coding Specialist I reviews, analyzes, and codes diagnostic and procedural information that determines Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance reimbursement. Essential Functions Analyzes, abstracts, and translates provider documentation and assigns the correct modifier, evaluation and management (E/M) code utilizing the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set.
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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