Coding and Billing Specialist
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Mid-level Accounting role at NemoursCareerSite. Remote, United States · full-time · no salary stated · we estimate $75,981–$135,000 across the United States.
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What you'll do
- Review hospital records and assign diagnosis, procedure and social-determinant codes for active and completed accounts
- Check surgical, pharmacy and other charges, flagging high-risk encounters with missing items before they are finalized
- Apply payer rules, code sequencing and modifiers to support accurate billing and reduce charge rework
- Query clinicians to clarify records, including chronic conditions and details needed for risk adjustment
- Use hospital information systems to find relevant patient and order details across different record sections
What you bring
- An associate degree, plus knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology
- A current CPC, CCS, RHIT, RHIA or COC credential, with ongoing certification maintenance
- Three to five years of relevant experience and strong ICD-10-CM, CPT-4 and modifier knowledge
Who this fits
This role suits someone who can code across inpatient and outpatient specialties while balancing accuracy with monthly production and quality targets. You’ll work with both concurrent and discharged accounts and need to interpret payer-specific billing rules. The position is based in Orlando and listed as remote.
From the employer
Nemours is seeking a Coding and Billing Specialist in Orlando, FL
Assesses documentation for each service rendered in the hospital’s place of service, in order to accurately code principal diagnoses (i.e. preponderance of care sequence), secondary conditions, procedures, and social determinant codes using American Hospital Association guidelines, Current Procedural Terminology guidelines, payer specific rules for commercial and/or Medicaid insurance, and drug administration for specified service lines impacting Florida’s enhanced ambulatory grouping. This includes excellent working knowledge of revenue charge capture and the impact to hospital billing (i.e. soft vs. hard coded charges),working knowledge of revenue codes, relevant grouper function and financial impact; assessment and entry of surgical charges (i.e. supplies, implants), and pharmacy charges (i.e. contrast, patient supplied, etc).
Essential Functions
Ability to comprehend medical record documentation to accurately assign codes for both concurrent and discharged accounts across multiple specialties.
Meets minimum requirements for production and quality monthly.
Requires a working knowledge of code sequencing for grouper-related payers with attention to detail to avoid rework and waste with charge capture assessment component.
Requires understanding and application of M.E.A.T. criteria (i.e., monitoring, evaluation, assessment, treatment) using ICD 10 CM transaction data set to capture diagnoses.
Analyzes high-risk encounters for accurate and/or missing charges gaps prior to encounter completion (i.e., missing charges from anesthesia, surgery) when manual charge capture occurs.
Understand complexity of billing requirements and incorporates payer specific trends into day-to-day reviews to reduce “take backs” associated with un-clear, or un-substantiated care rendered. (i.e., varying modifier assignment for EAPG vs. Non-EAPG payer specificity)
Requires excellent coding knowledge of ICD 10 CM, CPT 4, and modifier application, with expectations to maintain certification (i.e., CCS, CPC, RHIT, or RHIA) and apply ICD 10 CM Coding Guidelines specific to both inpatient and outpatient encounters.
Facilitate modifications to clinical documentation through query interaction to ensure that the information captured supports the level of service rendered, with attention towards chronic conditions, hierarchical condition categories (HCC), and risk adjustment factors (RAF).
Demonstrates an excellent working knowledge of hospital information systems to retrieve data specific information (i.e., order diagnosis, patient type) within a complicated filing schema including non-hospital data (i.e., Media Tab, Office Visits etc)
Requirements
Associate's degree required
Medical Terminology, Anatomy and Physiology
One of the following: CPC, CCS, RHIT, RHIA, COC; Preferred CRC
3-5 years expereince
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