Coding Review Specialist - HIM- Days - FT

Job description

The Coding Review Specialist is responsible for daily auditing, monitoring, and follow-up to ensure coding compliance. The Specialist assigns appropriate codes to patient diagnosis and procedures and provides support to the coding staff. The Specialist monitors and documents coding trends.
• Responsible for performing coding compliance review
• Audits clinical documentation and coded data to validate documentation services rendered for reimbursement and reporting purposes
• Identifies discrepancies and billing issues; recommends a plan of action to correct discrepancies and prevent future coding errors
• Assures that accounts are grouped to the appropriate classification utilizing ICD diagnosis and procedure codes
• Reviews accounts assigned to work queue to determine if a clinical association exists for possible combined billing referencing various rules and regulations
• Monitors and reports the outstanding account reviews to facilitate account billing
• Ensures compliance with established guidelines and regulatory requirements
• Serves as a resource and subject matter expert to coding staff and interdisciplinary teams
• Assists in coordinating external third party annual coding audits
• Works with medical and business office staff to resolve coding issues and associated problems
• Serves as a liaison to Revenue Cycle to provide effective communication of concerns between Patient Financial Services and Coding Management
• Assigns ICD and CPT codes to patient diagnoses and procedures
• Ensures assignment of codes are consistent with coding guidelines and regulations
• Assigns Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) promptly and accurately
• Groups patient diagnostic information according to regulations utilizing ICD diagnosis and procedure codes
• Enters coded and abstracted data into the hospital information system

Education:
• High School or GED

License or Certification:
• Preferred: Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA, RHIT), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certified Coding Associate (CCA), Certified Professional Coder-Hospital (CPC-H), Certified Professional Coder (CPC) or Certified inpatient Coding (CIC)

Experience:
• 4 years as a medical coder for an acute care facility

Skills:
• Analyzing and organizing technical data
• Multitasking, time-management, and organization
• Verbal and written communication