[Hiring] Coding Specialist 2 @University of Washington Medical Center

Role Description

Faculty Practice Plan Services (FPPS) has outstanding opportunities for a full-time (100% FTE, 40 hours/week), day shift, CODING SPECIALIST 2.

Work Schedule

• 40 hours per week
• Day Shift
• This position is Remote

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Identify all billable services (regardless of location rendered) requiring professional fee billing, as determined jointly by UWP and the Clinical Department.
• Review all applicable data sources (EPIC, ORCA, Mindscape, or other, as applicable) for new admissions, transfers, discharges, expirations, ambulatory procedures, ambulatory visits or other possible sources of billable services.
• Access and review all available electronic or other appropriate information to identify billable services requiring professional fee billing.
• As necessary, request patient medical charts (for non-electronic providers).
• Code all documented required professional services, ensuring all are coded using the appropriate CPT & ICD-10 codes. Ensures coded services, provider charges and medical record documentation meet appropriate guidelines or standards.
• Reviews and resolves coding denials and coding claim edits in Epic daily as part of routine operations.
• Consult with physicians, as appropriate, to verify services rendered and documented. Provide feedback to assist in provider understanding of coding and documentation issues and opportunities.
• Assist physicians and/or their representatives with questions pertaining to professional fees.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Certified as a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certified Coding Specialist – Physician Based (CCS-P), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Inpatient Coder (CIC), Certified Outpatient Coder (COC), Certified Interventional Radiology Cardiovascular Coder (CIRCC), Radiology Certified Coder (RCC) or Radiation Oncology Certified Coder (ROCC).
• Two years coding experience
• Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and/or registration.

Benefits

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Company Description

UW Medicine Faculty Practice Plan Services (FPPS) supports UW Physicians (UWP), a practice group for more than 1,800 physicians and other healthcare professionals associated with UW Medicine. UW Medicine includes:

• Harborview Medical Center
• UW Medical Center - Montlake
• UW Neighborhood Clinics
• UW Medical Center - Northwest
• UW School of Medicine
• Valley Medical Center
• Airlift Northwest

UWP members also practice at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, a partnership of UW Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Seattle Children’s Hospital.