Coding Specialist 2

University of Washington Medical Center•Seattle, WA

1d•$32 - $46•Remote

About The Position

Faculty Practice Plan Services (FPPS) is hiring a full-time Coding Specialist 2 to identify and code billable professional services across applicable locations. The specialist reviews electronic and other appropriate information sources, including EPIC, ORCA, and Mindscape, to find services requiring professional fee billing. When needed, the specialist requests patient medical charts from non-electronic providers. The role codes documented professional services using appropriate CPT and ICD-10 codes and ensures that coded services, provider charges, and medical record documentation meet applicable guidelines and standards. It also includes resolving coding denials and claim edits in Epic, consulting with physicians about services rendered and documentation, providing feedback on coding and documentation issues, and answering questions about professional fees. This is a regular, remote position at 100% FTE (40 hours per week) on the day shift. FPPS supports UW Physicians, a practice group of more than 1,800 physicians and other healthcare professionals associated with UW Medicine.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Certification as one of the following: RHIT, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CIC, COC, CIRCC, RCC, or ROCC.
Two years of coding experience.
Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except where legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and/or registration, apply.

Responsibilities

Identify all billable services requiring professional fee billing, as determined jointly by UWP and the Clinical Department, regardless of where the services were rendered.
Review applicable data sources, including EPIC, ORCA, and Mindscape, for admissions, transfers, discharges, expirations, ambulatory procedures, ambulatory visits, and other possible sources of billable services.
Access and review available electronic or other appropriate information to identify billable services requiring professional fee billing.
Request patient medical charts when necessary for non-electronic providers.
Code documented professional services using appropriate CPT and ICD-10 codes, ensuring that services, provider charges, and medical record documentation meet applicable guidelines or standards.
Review and resolve coding denials and coding claim edits in Epic daily as part of routine operations.
Consult with physicians as appropriate to verify services rendered and documented, and provide feedback on coding and documentation issues and opportunities.
Assist physicians and/or their representatives with questions about professional fees.