Encodes diagnoses and procedures using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding system, abstracts patient information into a database, understands health insurance policies, reviews electronic statements for accuracy, assigns appropriate codes, ensures thorough documentation for coding accuracy, applies guidelines for billing purposes, tracks approvals for necessary services, confirms billed services align with insurer approvals, reviews and seeks clarifications for repeated services, addresses coding edits, estimates costs for self-pay patients, sends physician queries, maintains daily productivity, and ensures timely closure and dispatch of insurance, corporate, and self-pay batches.

Responsibilities

• Encodes all relevant, current, and documented diagnoses and procedures as performed by attending physicians utilizing the appropriate International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding.
• Creates an abstract of all demographics, s...