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Job Summary:
The Coding Supervisor oversees the day-to-day coding work queues, work assignments, personnel, and serves as a coding resource to team members. In addition, the supervisor codes accounts on a daily basis.
Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:
Codes and abstracts records
- Accurately and completely assigns appropriate diagnosis and procedural ICD-9-CM and/or CPT/HCPCS codes to the greatest specificity with a minimum 95 %accuracy rate.
- Accurately and completely abstracts all required data into the appropriate data fields in compliance with statistical data requirements with a minimum accuracy rate.
- Accurately assigns correct APC a minimum accuracy rate.
- Meets productivity standards
- Queries physicians when needed to further clarify code assignments Manages additional coding responsibilities, contributing to the CFB (candidate for bill) goals, including but not limited to
- Resolves coding edits and reminders, correcting abstracting and coding issues in a timely manner (1-2 business days)
- Completes and routes problem accounts, ready to code, high dollar and other accounts daily to ensure coded as close to goal date as possible
- Completes assigned work by goal date
- Assists with coding unassigned or backlogged accounts Coding Coordination and Team Supervision
- Monitors coding work queues to assure compliance to coding CFB goals and turnaround times.
- Troubleshoots and trends uncoded accounts and edits with coding team as well as other departments, partnering with Coding Team Leader and other leaders.
- Assists in conducting sporadic or specified medical record documentation reviews to assure quality code assignment when needed
- Monitors productivity of coding staff
- Assists in recruiting, training and onboarding of new hire and contract coders.
- Coordinates scheduling and coverage of respective coding functions and work queues in partnership with manager and other supervisors; seeking budgetary and managerial approval when needed
- Fields coding questions as needed in area of expertise (i.e. inpatient, outpatient, or ED coding).
- Attends meetings and participates on task teams as necessary to represent Coding
- Supervises personnel, including payroll, evaluations, coaching and constructive feedback when needed
- Advocates for issue and improvement opportunities on behalf of the coders Other duties as assigned
Required Minimum Education:
Some high school Required and
Anatomy and Physiology course Required and
Bachelor's Degree Preferred
Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):
All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.
- Cert Coding Spec or Cert Prof Coder or Reg Health Information Admin or Reg Health Information Tech
Additional License(s) and Certification(s):
Certified ICD10 trainer designation Upon Hire Preferred
Required Minimum Experience:
Computer/data entry experience. Required and
Experience in all technical aspects of medical coding work. Required
Required Minimum Skills:
Ability to use Microsoft Office Suite and have computer operational knowledge to manage a large team in a virtual environment which includes webconferencing, email, instant messaging and other forms of digital technology.
Excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills and oral and written communication abilities.
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