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UofL Health is a fully integrated academic health system focused on delivering patient-centered care.
Charge Entry Coding Specialist
Location
Kentucky
Posted
114 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Charge Entry Coding Specialist
UofL Health
• Uses ICD-10-CM and/or HCPCS/CPT codes to assign, validate, and/or work pre-bill coding edits for the following patient types: • Medical Oncology (Med-ONC), Radiation Oncology (Rad-ONC), Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT), Infusion & Injections, and multispecialty hospital-based outpatient clinics (Oncology, HepC, MS, Pulmonary, etc.) • Works pre-bill edits daily to resolve issues related to coding assignments, charge errors, and missed modifiers • Maintains or exceeds established productivity standard (minimum of 75 pre-bill edits cleared daily or a combination of daily charge capture and pre-bill edits) • Ensures that all assigned charges are captured timely and consistently within the 3-day charge goal • Performs coding audits for BCC coders upon request and as needed to reduce coding error trends • Utilizes the complete medical record documentation in code assignment, validation, and/or editing of codes
Job Requirements
- High school diploma or GED/Equivalent (required)
- Completion of a Certified Coding Program (required)
- Three (3) years outpatient coding experience (required)
- Three (3) years of prior oncology coding experience (preferred)
- Prior billing to include government and commercial payer experience (preferred)
- Prior experience with 3M Coding and Allscripts STAR and TruBridge billing systems (preferred)
- Nationally accepted Certified Coding Credentials (RHIT, RHIA, CPC, CPC-H, CCA, CCS, CCS-P or CHONC) (required)
Benefits
- Complies with HIPAA privacy and security requirements to maintain confidentiality at all times
- Maintains compliance with all company policies, procedures and standards of conduct
- Ensures adherence to the official coding guidelines, infusion and injection coding guidelines, ethical coding standards as well as HIM coding compliance policies and procedures
- Meets all educational requirements and attend required continuing education workshops, webinars assigned by manager for coding compliance
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