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Job Description Job Description · Monitors, prepares the submission of all billing (State funding & Private Insurance) and any other billing assignments. · Reviews pre-bill reports to ensure procedures and properly entered and to minimize errors and to maximize billing amount is received. Analyze and reviews patient cases to determine level of compliance of governmental, grant policies, etc. · Ens
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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