Physician Coding Educator-Remote

Mayo Clinic•Rochester, MN

5h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Coding & Documentation Educator serves as an internal resource to clinicians, providing training, consultation, audit, and coordinated feedback on their medical service documentation and coding. This role ensures that Mayo Clinic receives appropriate reimbursement and conforms to applicable guidelines and regulations. The position involves performing medical record audits to ensure compliance with all applicable coding regulations, as well as organizational standards, practices, policies, and procedures. It is designed to offer direct coding and documentation support through various methods, including ad hoc phone calls, site visits, the creation of specialty or individual provider tip sheets, and both virtual and on-site presentations. The educator acts as a subject matter expert with specialty-specific knowledge of surgical, E&M, and diagnosis coding & documentation. Key responsibilities include analyzing data, communicating findings, and facilitating improvement efforts. The educator is also responsible for independently developing and maintaining educational materials and training programs, working in conjunction with clinical practice managers and production coding leadership teams. While the position has potential for remote work as directed by the manager, it may require on-site work to interact with physicians.

Requirements

Ability to provide training, consultation, audit, and coordinated feedback on medical service documentation and coding.
Knowledge of applicable coding guidelines and regulations.
Ability to perform medical record audits for compliance with coding regulations and organizational standards.
Subject matter expertise in specialty-specific surgical, E&M, and diagnosis coding & documentation.
Ability to analyze data, communicate findings, and facilitate improvement efforts.
Ability to independently develop and maintain educational materials and training programs.

Responsibilities

Provide training, consultation, audit and coordinated feedback to clinicians on their medical service documentation and coding.
Ensure Mayo Clinic receives appropriate reimbursement and conforms to applicable guidelines and regulations.
Perform medical record audits to ensure compliance with all applicable coding regulations and organizational standards, practices, policies, and procedures.
Provide elbow-to-elbow coding and documentation support through ad hoc phone calls, site visits, the creation of specialty or individual provider tip sheets, virtual and on-site presentations.
Serve as subject matter expert with specialty-specific knowledge of surgical, E&M, diagnosis coding & documentation.
Analyze data, communicate findings, and facilitate improvement efforts.
Independently develop and maintain educational materials and training programs.
Work in conjunction with the clinical practice managers and production coding leadership teams.