Dental Billing & Coding Specialist — Dentrix Expert

Brown-University-Health-1; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Brown University Health seeks a dental coder to accurately assign CDT codes for patient encounters under the supervision of the Administrative Coordinator and Practice Manager. You will analyze dental records, follow coding guidelines, and support department staff as a coding/billing resource.

Responsibilities include reviewing records, querying dentists for missing data, entering data into Dentrix, and reconciling charges with ledgers. Two years of related coding/billing experience preferred.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Training in CDT coding, anatomy, physiology, and dental terminology.
• Experience with Dental software, preferably Dentrix.
• Demonstrated knowledge of PC skills using the Windows operating system environment and accompanying software packages.
• Must have courteous telephone technique and good customer service skills.
• Interpersonal skills to exchange factual information with patients and outside agencies with cultural sensitivity and professionalism.

Responsibilities

• Review dental record documents to identify and assign appropriate diagnosis and procedure codes.
• Reference coding manuals to ensure accurate billing codes.
• Apply sequencing guidelines per AHIMA and CMS/ADA directives.
• Contact dentists and health professionals to obtain missing information.
• Enter coding/billing information into Dentrix system; create invoices as needed.
• Review revenue reports to reconcile charges on patient ledgers.
• Research missing charges and corrections in the billing system.
• Interact with patients and Patient Financial Services to resolve billing issues.

Skills

CDT coding knowledge

Anatomy & physiology

Dental terminology

Dentrix

Windows PC skills

Customer service

Courteous telephone technique

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Dentrix

Job description

Brown University Health seeks a dental coder to accurately assign CDT codes for patient encounters under the supervision of the Administrative Coordinator and Practice Manager. You will analyze dental records, follow coding guidelines, and support department staff as a coding/billing resource.

Responsibilities include reviewing records, querying dentists for missing data, entering data into Dentrix, and reconciling charges with ledgers. Two years of related coding/billing experience preferred.