Charge Entry Clerk

• Review and analyze medical information from medical records against billed procedures to ensure accurate coding of diagnostic and procedural information in accordance with national coding guidelines and appropriate reimbursement requirements
• Make suggestions to correct as needed to ensure accurate billing and reimbursement processing
• Consult with medical providers to clarify missing or inadequate record information and to determine appropriate diagnostic and procedure codes
• Provide thorough, timely and accurate review of ICD10 and/or CPT code assignments
• Post a variety of health service charges to patients accounts per pay classification and post payments received from patients
• Review and analyze patients encounter forms to ensure accuracy and completeness prior to performing charge entry and consult with medical providers to take necessary action to correct the encounter form if/when needed
• Complete daily and monthly reports
• and maintain productivity standards set by department leadership

• Must demonstrate knowledge and understanding of ICD10 and CPT coding principles as recommended by the American Health Information Management Association coding competencies, and as required for the assigned practice areas
• Must be able to work effectively with common office software, coding software, and abstracting systems
• Must stay up to date on coding and insurance changes/updates
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Requires one or more years of experience providing coding services for a broad range of clinical specialty areas

Preferred specialized formal training equivalent to the two-year certification course in medical record keeping principles and practices, anatomy, physiology, pathology, medical terminology, standard nomenclature, and classification of diagnoses and operations, or an associate’s degree in a related health care field

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• 401K plan