Medical Coder

The position involves completing medical coding in accordance with practice policies and standards. Responsibilities include reviewing physician office visit documentation to assign the correct CPT Procedure codes and ICD-10 Diagnosis codes to patient accounts, ensuring compliance with medical coding guidelines and policies, communicating with physicians regarding coding and patient queries, and maintaining high accuracy and productivity standards. The coder will assist with coding reviews, manage assigned accounts within billing systems, maintain a 48-hour turnaround on coding worklist accounts, and provide timely corrections and feedback on coding denials and inquiries. All actions and notes must be documented in the system, and escalations made to supervisors when necessary.