Job Description
General Statement of Duties The Certified Medical Coder is a member of the Billing Team and is responsible for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of clinical coding. Overall responsibility is to maximize revenues and cash flow to the organization. Responsibilities Reviews patient records for procedural and diagnostic coding. Verify and ensure the accuracy, completeness, specificity, and approp
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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