Job Description
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: Ensure timely and accurate posting of all electronic and paper payments, denials and correspondence from patients and insurance companies Identify underpayments and overpayments made by patients and third-party payers while monitoring the credit balance report Process all credit card transactions Resolve unapplied reports in a timely manner and contact insurance companies
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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