Employment Type:Full timeShift:Day Shift

Description:Reporting to the Manager Medical Group Revenue Cycle Site Operations, Fresno, this position is responsible for auditing, coding and entering patient services into EMR system. Sorts and files paperwork and handles insurance claims. Responsibilities include primary diagnosis and procedural coding for the designated specialty areas and other major procedural areas. The Certified Medical Coder focuses their work on the detailed physician chart abstraction and is liaison to documentation improvement and optimization of physician coding practices. Surgical abstraction coding is defined as identification of codes based solely on the source documentation for CPT and ICD-10 respectively. This position reports to the Billing Manager.

1. High School Diploma or equivalent is required. Associate degree is preferred.

2. Completion of accredited medical terminology course is required. Graduation from an accredited program for medical coding is preferred.

3. Two (2) years of certified coding experience in physician or medical group in multi- specialty or surgical practice, (i.e., Cardiothoracic Surgery, Neurosurgery, General Surgery, and Oncology etc.) is required, as well as chart auditing to identify under coding or up coding based on documentation for compliance and maximizing revenue. Four (4) years of non-certified coding experience may substitute.

4. Certified Professional Medical Auditor (CPMA), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS)or Certified Coding Specialist Professional (CCSP)from American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) or Certified Professional Coder (CPC) from American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) is required within nine (9) months of hire.

SKILLS:

• Extensive knowledge of coding surgical procedures, applicable modifiers in multi-specialty setting.

• Knowledge of code auditing for compliance and maximizing revenue

• Ability to organize and bill appropriate codes according to Medicare, Medi-Cal and other payer guidelines

• Strong Computer Skills

• Excellent Communication Skills

• Highly organized

• Understands and apply appropriate Center Medicare Services guidelines to coding

• Advanced ICD-10-CM & CPT-4 coding conventions

• Anatomy and Physiology

• Medical Terminology • Effective written and verbal communication skills • Data entry/CRT

Pay range: 26.49 - 35.75

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