Job Description
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Monitor the performance of, manage workloads of and perform case assignment for a team of Coordinators and assist with training and staff hiring. - Develop and maintain processes and procedures at the direction of the director, liaison with Project Directors regarding procedural issues, and communicate with the CA Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) reg
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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