Optim Health System

Certified Coder

• Obtain hospital dictation and charge slips and code them according to payor guidelines
• Update physician coding as appropriate
• Verify and update patient demographic information; create new patient accounts when required
• Obtain demographic and authorization information from facilities
• Code and post charges accurately and timely, including comments for global periods, modifiers, pricing, and reporting fields
• Complete missing slips daily and verify surgical appointment posting
• Print daily schedules and periodically run Missing Slip Reports
• Compare pre-certified codes with documentation and notify providers and precertification staff of approved code changes
• Ensure precertification/authorization documentation is attached to claims
• Record and balance posted charges daily
• Assist departments, offices, and patients with coding and payment questions
• Post prepayments to surgery charges
• Handle Athena worklists and coding scrubs, including diagnosis, medical necessity, modifiers, assistant surgeons, and appeals
• Correct charges for other insurance carriers, including moving charges, payments, and adjustments
• Audit E/M documentation for physicians
• Prepare various reports
• Maintain coding accreditation and/or licensing and complete required annual training
• Maintain strict confidentiality and perform related duties as required

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