Overview:
* Schedule: Monday - Friday, daytime hours.
* Comprehensive benefits.
* Hybrid work opportunity.
* Reimbursement for AAPC or AHIMA membership fee.
Responsibilities:
* Perform monthly site visits with assigned clinics.
* Perform coding of cardiovascular events (surgeries, procedures, office visits).
* Review surgical operative reports and abstract clinical diagnoses, procedure codes, and other pertinent information to bill appropriately for services.
* Ensure all technical aspects of the assignment of diagnostic and procedure coding are carried out in accordance with established standards and in compliance with CMS, NCQA, third party payers and other regulatory agencies.
* Ensure physicians are continually educated on correct coding techniques to maximize reimbursement.
* Communicate effectively via email, Microsoft Teams, and phone; actively participate in multidisciplinary team meetings.
Qualifications:
Required:
* Licensure: CPC, CCS-P, COC, CMC, RHIA, or RHIT credentials.
* High School Diploma or GED.
* 4 or more years of healthcare experience with at least 3 or more years of professional coding experience.
* Demonstrate a working knowledge of Current Procedure Technology (CPT), ICD-10 CM, and HCPCS coding.
* Demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate and work with patients, physicians, staff, and administration.
* Demonstrate outstanding interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
* Able to perform self-audit of work and awareness of the impact on revenue cycle.
* Must be professional in demeanor, dress, and communication style with the ability to pass a mock feedback session with physicians.
Preferred:
* 3 or more years of cardiovascular coding experience, to include surgery.
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