Coding/Billing Specialist, Billing, Heywood Medical Group, 40-Hours, Days, Hybrid

Heywood Medical Group•Gardner, MA

46d•Hybrid

About The Position

You Matter Here! Heywood Healthcare values our employees! We offer competitive wages, great benefits and generous earned time off. Come work where you will matter! Hours: 40-Hours, Days, Hybrid Job Summary:The Coding Specialist will review medical records within the Heywood/Athol/ HMG EMR to abstract the diagnosis basedon the documentation. The Coder will serve to add diagnosis and CPT codes to surgical and other outpatient types ofaccounts. The Coder will also notify the coding Manager, Medical records, and other coders as needed to fordeficiencies in documentation. The coder is responsible for accurate and timely abstracting of all assigned accountswithin the Athena, Expanse and 3M system.

Requirements

CPC or equivalent required in addition to an RHIT or equivalence in a two-year training program
Experience in ICD and CPT as well as Evaluation and Management Coding preferred
Exposure to computerized abstracting/data entry and PC knowledge base is required.
Ability to comprehend and accurately interpret all aspects of medical documentation as relative to coding needs.
Aptitude for precise, complex and detailed clerical work is required.
Ability to follow specific, detailed procedures and routines is mandatory.

Responsibilities

Acquires the knowledge to keep up with changes in technology and regulations.
Shares knowledge and expertise to help others improve performance.
Continuously prioritizes projects, activities, and tasks to ensure deadlines and customer needs are met.
Reviews medical records to code accurately all diagnoses and/or procedures using coding guidelines.
Enters all codes into the Meditech Computer System, via 3M HDIM Systems by accessing the proper account using the medical record number and date.
Creates and runs a list of unbilled accounts on a weekly basis
Utilizes the list of unbilled accounts to track electronically and if needed pulled manually, to attain the correct codes so the accounts can be billed and eliminated from the unbilled report.
Collaborates with the Director Of HIM or Supervisor of Daily Operations to assess coding needs in certain areas when volume increases so that all accounts are coded and are able to be billed.
Examines information given to ensure all needed information is present and maintains good communication with the physicians, other Medical Records Staff, and all personnel throughout the hospital so that coding can be done accurately and timely as needed without communication breakdowns
Examines information given to ensure all needed information is present and maintains good communication with the physicians, other Medical Records Staff, and all personnel throughout the hospital so that coding can be done accurately and timely as needed without communication breakdowns
Retrieves any missing documentation and information from physicians and other departments prior to coding so that the coding can be done accurately and as scheduled.