CBO Certified Coder II

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General Purpose of Job:
Assign ICD and CPT/Surgery codes and abstracting to all outpatient medical record types including Surgery, procedures, clinic and hospital visits, Urgent Care, and Ancillary from a part-time remote location in accordance with the department’s established accuracy and productivity requirements.  Pediatric physician coding a plus and multi-specialty coding experience a plus.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; employees will perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or hospital administration as required.

• Always maintains utmost level of confidentiality.
• Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates business practices and personal actions that are ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines. 
• Reviews the medical record and assigns the appropriate ICD and CPT codes.
• Codes all assigned outpatient record types daily.
• May assist with audits as needed.
• Monitors assigned charge review work queue.
• Codes records in a timely manner.
• Maintains satisfactory coding performance in accordance with the department’s accuracy target and productivity requirements for each record type.
• Assist with billing staff coding questions to assist with denials.
• Responds to coding requests from internal and external customers, i.e. business office, physician office. 
• Requests information needed from physician as needed.
• Participates in attending educational programs, hospital and departmental staff meeting.
• Performs other duties as required by CBO Coding Manager and/or Director.

Education and/or Experience:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; three to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3 -5 years’ physician coding experience preferred.
• Pediatric multi-specialty coding experience preferred

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations.

• Certified as any of the following: CCS, CCS-P, CPC, AAPC specialty coding certifications, RCC Radiology coding certification.
• Must maintain continuing education hours to maintain certification.