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Job Description Job Description Medical Coding and Billing Specialist – Job Description 8am-430pm Position Summary: A Medical Coding and Billing Specialist is responsible for reviewing patient records, assigning standardized codes to diagnoses and procedures, and ensuring accurate billing and reimbursement from insurance companies and patients. This role plays a key part in maintaining compliance,
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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