Coding Specialist 2

University of Washington•Seattle, WA

2d•Remote

About The Position

Faculty Practice Plan Services (FPPS) is hiring a full-time Coding Specialist 2. This remote position works 40 hours per week on the day shift. The role identifies and codes professional services requiring professional fee billing, ensuring that services, provider charges, and medical record documentation comply with applicable guidelines and standards. The Coding Specialist reviews coding denials and claim edits, consults with physicians when appropriate, and helps address questions and improve understanding of coding and documentation issues.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Certification as an 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, visits, and other potential 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 providers without electronic records.
Code documented professional services using appropriate CPT and ICD-10 codes.
Ensure coded services, provider charges, and medical record documentation meet appropriate 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.
Provide feedback to help providers understand coding and documentation issues and opportunities.
Assist physicians and/or their representatives with questions about professional fees.