Job Description
Full job description: Medical Billing and Coding Specialist CPC certification (preferred) Experienced (at least one year) Healthcare Two-year degree Duties Handling insurance claims accurately and efficiently. Determining which codes end up on a patient’s bill for third-party billing purposes. Properly coding services, procedures, diagnoses, and treatments. Preparing and sending invoices or claims
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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