Physician Coder: Transplant Surgery

MedKoder•Mandeville, LA

1d•Remote

About The Position

Physician Coder: Transplant Surgery is responsible for reviewing and accurately coding all professional services including evaluation and management, diagnostics, surgeries, and procedures in compliance with applicable Medicare, Medicaid, and third-party payer guidelines to ensure receipt of accurate reimbursement. Physician Coder: Transplant Surgery is expected to adhere to MedKoder’s internal coding policies and expectations set forth by department management. Physician Coder: Transplant Surgery must prioritize daily duties, multitask, communicate effectively, and make the decisions necessary to complete all assigned tasks and accomplish their goals. We are currently looking for candidates with recent experience specializing in the following areas: Transplant Surgery expert (Surgeries, E&M, ICD-10-CM). E/M expertise must include teaching physician scenarios, split/shared services, and incident-to billing.

Requirements

High School diploma required.
Successful completion of at least one AHIMA or AAPC-certified program with the achievement of the corresponding professional credential (e.g., CCS-P, CPC, or another applicable AAPC stand-alone credential), which must be active and in good standing. The CPC-A is not accepted.
Minimum of 5 years of physician coding experience (recent hands-on production) in the specialty of Transplant Surgery, including kidney and/or liver transplantation and other solid organ transplant services. Experience should include living and deceased donor procedures, organ procurement and backbench (or back-table) preparation, complex vascular and biliary reconstruction, transplant-related reoperations, management of transplant complications, including E/M leveling and office procedures.
Must have proficient knowledge of anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, disease processes, CPT coding and guidelines by the AMA, ICD-10-CM coding and guidelines, modifiers, surgical techniques, and Medicare (CMS/MAC) and Medicaid billing policies for professional services.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Windows, and electronic healthcare record information and billing systems.

Nice To Haves

Associate or Bachelor's degree preferred.
Experience working with Google Workspace is preferred but not required.
Experience working remotely is preferred but not required.
Auditing experience is a PLUS.
Billing (denials) experience is a PLUS.
Epic experience is a PLUS.

Responsibilities

Review and accurately code profee Transplant Surgery cases to maximize reimbursement in a timely manner.
Review and accurately code E/M visits, office procedures, and surgeries.
Able to work independently and research coding scenarios.
Coder is responsible for meeting our daily production goal and our quality goal of consistently averaging a 95% accuracy rate.
Attend conference calls as necessary to provide information and feedback.
Communicate with leadership on coding or documentation issues/trends.
Stay current on all coding guidelines (including specialty-specific guidelines) and maintain credentials as necessary.
Participate in coding department and education meetings.
Flexible to expand coding skill set into other Plastic Surgery subspecialties, or other specialties altogether.
Maintain confidentiality and protect sensitive information.
Other duties as assigned by leadership.