Outpatient Coding Supervisor

Medical Center SE Texas Port Arthur • Port Arthur, TX

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About The Position

Under the general direction of the Coding Manager, the Outpatient Coding Supervisor oversees the Coding Staff in daily operations to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant assignment of diagnosis and procedure codes for outpatient, emergency department, and ancillary services. This position provides leadership, training, quality assurance, and performance management for coding staff while ensuring compliance with applicable federal, state, payer, and accreditation requirements. Other duties include being responsible for assigning diagnostic and procedure codes based upon physician documentation, communicating with physicians to ensure complete and accurate documentation, maintaining the bill hold within a designated amount and/or time frame, supervising the work of the coders and CDI staff and abstracting designated information from the medical record for historical and reporting purposes.

Requirements

• At least 3 years experience with medical record coding including outpatient coding.
• Knowledge of medical terminology and coding systems.
• CCS, RHIT or RHIA credentials required.

Nice To Haves

• Previous supervisory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversees the Coding Staff in daily operations to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant assignment of diagnosis and procedure codes for outpatient, emergency department, and ancillary services.
• Provides leadership, training, quality assurance, and performance management for coding staff.
• Ensures compliance with applicable federal, state, payer, and accreditation requirements.
• Assigns diagnostic and procedure codes based upon physician documentation.
• Communicates with physicians to ensure complete and accurate documentation.
• Maintains the bill hold within a designated amount and/or time frame.
• Supervises the work of the coders and CDI staff.
• Abstracts designated information from the medical record for historical and reporting purposes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed