Job Description
Resp & Qualifications PURPOSE : The Senior Medical Coding Specialist acts as an internal expert to ensure that value-based reimbursement and medical policy models are developed and implemented to support Payment Integrity. This role provides expert knowledge to support effective partnership with provider entities, guidance on the appropriate quality measure capture and proper use of CPT and ICD 10
8:00 AM
Coders start the day by pulling their assigned chart queue. In a hospital setting, an inpatient coder might work 15β25 charts perβ¦
8:30 AM
Open the first chart. Read the operative report, discharge summary, and physician notes. Assign the principal diagnosis code (theβ¦
10:30 AM
Encounter a complex chart β a patient with multiple comorbidities and a surgical complication. You spend extra time to capture eveβ¦
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