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Professional Billing Lead Coder (Remote)

Role overview

Qualifications

  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • 2 or more coding certifications (e.g., CPC or CPMA) with active certifications
  • 5 years comprehensive medical record coding for multi-specialty physician services, including experience in an academic teaching health care organization
  • Demonstrated ability and experience identifying documentation improvement opportunities

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a liaison and leader between coding staff, the operation, and the Director; recognized as the subject matter expert for coding and for meeting operational objectives
  • Responsible for accurate coding of professional services from medical record documentation
  • Review and code complex cases, assigning correct ICD-9/10-CM diagnosis codes, CPT coding, E/M coding, and determine level of interventional and surgical coding
  • Code for multiple physician specialties, including new and experimental treatments and therapies

About the company

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University Health KC

Hospitals & Health Care

University Health (UH) has all the things you expect from a great health system. With two acute care academic hospital locations, the largest, most comprehensive behavioral health program in the area, a long-term care facility and multiple primary care practices, UH provides the highest quality care – from routine screenings to the most complicated cases. We are the primary teaching hospital for the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, so our doctors are academic specialists who teach tomorrow’s doctors the very latest updates. University Health Truman Medical Center, our downtown campus, is one of the busiest Level One Trauma Center in the city. Providers offer the full range of services with specialties in chronic disease management, high risk pregnancy and sleep disorders along with the state-of-the art Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Center. University Health 1, located at 2101 Charlotte Street is an outpatient care and day-surgery center, with sixteen clinics including Sabates Eye Center, Plastic Surgery, Hernia repair and Medical Imaging with Siemens 3D Mammography. At University Health 2, 2211 Charlotte St, providers offer Primary and Women's Care. In eastern Jackson County, University Health Lakewood Medical Center sits on 300 acres of beautiful wooded grounds. We are a community hospital providing the continuum of careβ€” from emergency medicine to a nationally-certified orthopaedic joint replacement program β€” as well as The Family Birthplace, We have several family medical care centers and a radiology center, Medical Imaging Eastland, that provides the latest in technology and specialized breast cancer care. Mission University Health is an academic health center providing accessible, state-of-the-art quality healthcare to our community regardless of the ability to pay.

Company details

IndustryHospitals & Health Care
Company size1001 - 5000

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Professional Billing Lead Coder (Remote)

101 Truman Medical Center

Job Location

Work From Home-City Tax Exempt

Lees Summit, Missouri

Department

Corporate Professional Billing

Position Type

Full time

Work Schedule

7:30AM - 4:00PM

Hours Per Week

40

Job Description

The coding leads serve as liaisons and leaders between coding staff, the operation, and the Director.  The coding leads are recognized as the subject matter experts for coding and for meeting operational objectives.  The Lead Coder position is responsible for accurate coding of professional services from medical record documentation. Reviews, codes to complex cases and assigns correct ICD-9/10-CM diagnosis codes and CPT coding, E/M coding and level of interventional and surgical coding.  This level will also code for new and experimental treatments and therapies. The lead coders will code for multiple physician specialties. 

Minimum Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • 2 or more coding certifications, i.e. CPC or CPMA, and must maintain active certifications for continued employment
  • 5 years comprehensive medical record coding, of high level CPT/HCPCs & ICD-9/10, for multi-specialty Physician’s services, including experience in an academic teaching health care organization – candidates with demonstrated abilities/skills at this level without  the full years of experience can be considered
  • Demonstrated ability and experience identifying documentation improvement opportunities
  • Knowledge of insurance company, third-party and government reimbursement programs; i.e. Medicare, Medicaid, MC+, etc.
  • Knowledge of medical insurance billing and collection
  • Extensive knowledge with CPT, ICD 9/10 CD, and HCPCS coding and medical terminology in multiple physician practice specialties
  • Fluency with Medical terminology, anatomy and physiology
  • Knowledge of medical information systems for physician billing
  • Demonstrated proficiency in use of computer hardware and software systems, programs and devices.
  • Expert level knowledge of Medicare rules and Local Carrier Determination (LCD) and national Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits and proper procedure code sequencing
  • Competence in physician and staff education, including proficiency in presentation preparation and delivery
  • Ability to effectively communicate verbally and written with all levels of staff Detail oriented.
  • Ability to work independently and in a team environment

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