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Certified Coder (CPC / CCS)
Full Time
9am-5pm
Responsibilities
- Reviews inpatient and ambulatory surgical records to identify the appropriate principal diagnosis, secondary diagnoses and procedures for facility and professional fee.
- Sequences ICD/CPT codes according to hospital, CMS, and coding clinic guidelines.
- Meets established department productivity standards for coding inpatient, AMS, and outpatient records.
- Contact physicians using the query process to clarify diagnoses or obtain more specific documentation regarding patients’ treatment.
- Enters ICD/CPT codes and patients’ information into hospital financial system or computerized department abstracting system which can be used reliably for hospital reimbursement, research, education, and strategic planning.
- Meets established department productivity standards or abstracting inpatient, AMS, and outpatient records.
- Reports information timely and accurately to New York State DOH registries for patients meeting requirements to oncology (Tumor Registry), Alzheimer's and Congenital Malformations.
- Ensures any required coding changes or corrections from 2nd level reviews are completed timely and accurately.
