Job Description
Job Description Overview \n Onsite Position in Kankakee, IL \n The Certified Medical Coding Specialist provides revenue cycle support to Riverside Medical Group and its coding team by regularly auditing provider documentation and corresponding coding to ensure correct, complete and compliant practices that fully support diagnoses reported and charges submitted for services rendered, meet regulatory and payor-specific requirements, and accurately describe the patient encounter; providing feedbac…
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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