Lead Medical Coder & Education Mentor

Baptist; Jonesboro (AR); On-site; USD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking a skilled medical coder to code diagnoses and procedures for reimbursement, research, and statistics. The role supports daily feedback and education to providers, staff and patients of BMG and assists with education of current coding staff.

As a team lead, you will onboard new staff, educate on specialized workflows, and participate in research of new specialties and treatments. You will collaborate with acquisitions on documentation improvement and medical necessity

Qualifications

• Over one year of experience in physician/professional, outpatient surgery, and/or emergency department coding.
• Two years experience in an acute care facility, professional office or integrated health system.
• One year of documented successful physician education.

Responsibilities

• Codes diagnoses and procedures of records.
• Completes assigned goals.
• Serves as a resource to physican office staff, clinical documentation specialist, case managers, etc.
• Act as lead for the team, assisting in onboarding of new staff and/or education of more specialized workflows.
• Assist in research of new speciality areas, new treatments in medicine, etc.
• Work with new acquisitions on documentation improvement and medical necessity, including education.

Skills

Physician education

Leadership

Mentoring

Workflow documentation

Education

CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CCS, CCS-P, RHIT, RHIA, HCPCS, ICD-10, ICD-9, CPT-4

Tools

ICD-9-CM

CPT-4

Job description

Baptist Health is seeking a skilled medical coder to code diagnoses and procedures for reimbursement, research, and statistics. The role supports daily feedback and education to providers, staff and patients of BMG and assists with education of current coding staff.

As a team lead, you will onboard new staff, educate on specialized workflows, and participate in research of new specialties and treatments. You will collaborate with acquisitions on documentation improvement and medical necessity