Physician Coding Liaison II - Hospitalist

Atrium Health; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Coding Specialist to enhance coding education and documentation practices across various specialties. This role involves collaborating with medical professionals to ensure compliance with coding standards while providing essential training and support. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in medical coding and a passion for improving healthcare documentation. Join a forward-thinking organization that values professional development and offers a comprehensive suite of benefits, allowing you to thrive both at work and in your personal life.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Career development programs

Generous retirement offerings

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in advanced-level professional coding required.
• Must have coding certifications and advanced training in Medical Coding.

Responsibilities

• Educate clinicians on specialty-specific coding and documentation.
• Collaborate with leadership for coding problem resolution.
• Monitor charge sessions and provide feedback to clinicians.

Skills

Coding Education

Documentation Guidelines

Problem Resolution

Communication Skills

Education

Advanced training in Medical Coding

Health Information Management certification

Tools

Epic

Job description

Charlotte, NC, United States
Job ID: 133709
Job Family: Medical Records Services
Status: Full Time
Shift: Day
Job Type: Regular
Department Name: 21041017241270-Charge Capture - Surgery/Medical Education

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Job Summary

Serves as the system-wide key contact for service line/specialty specific coding and proactively educates coding/documentation guidelines and/or concepts within a specific specialty. Collaborates with Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Senior director administrators, Production and Department support leaders for problem resolution and/or trends in payer specific rules/coverage. Educates Physicians, Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), Medical Group and Clinic Leadership to improve coding and documentation. Knowledge sharing with Patient Service Area (PSA) Liaisons, Production Coding, and Department Support to improve coding, documentation, and charge capture opportunities. Due to the system-wide service line/specialty specific support, the PCL Spec role is virtual. Note: For purposes of this document, the term Clinicians represents all billing providers.

Essential Functions

1. Provides service line/specialty specific coding/documentation education and feedback related to coding changes (CPT including E&M, modifiers, ICD-10-CM, and HCPCS), annual code updates, payer requirements, and payer rejection resolution to assigned Physicians/APPs.
2. Conducts orientations for all Physicians/APPs, residents/students and clinical team members on specialty specific coding and documentation related education.
3. Coordinates responses to Physicians/APPs, Locum Tenens, residents/student’s questions and feedback from various sources and partners.
4. Queries Physician/APP, Locum Tenens, residents/students when prompted by Professional Coding Department production coders to assist in resolving coding and documentation questions.
5. Monitors and works to resolve charge sessions requiring additional information for assigned clinicians and/or service line/specialty in the Epic work queues.
6. Attends and provides service line/specialty specific coding and documentation information, as requested, to CMOs, Physicians/APPs and/or Clinic/Site Department meetings.
7. Collaborates with PSA Liaison to review and provide coding/documentation guidance on Epic order entry, diagnosis, and charge capture preference lists.
8. Develops Physician/APP monthly service line/specialty newsletters to continually educate and communicate updates from various coding resources.
9. Identifies service line/specialty specific trending data and opportunities to capture revenue through documentation improvement.

Education, Experience and Certifications

License/Registration/Certification: Coding Associate (CCA) certification, or Coding Specialist - Physician (CCS-P) certification, or Health Information Administrator (RHIA) registration or Health Information Technician (RHIT) registration, or Professional Coder (CPC) certification, or Specialty Coding Professional (SCP) certification, and Specialty Medical Coding Certification obtained within 1 year.

Level of Education: Advanced training beyond High School that includes the completion of an accredited or approved program in Medical Coding Specialist.

Years of Experience: Typically requires 5 years of experience in advanced-level professional coding and at least 3 years of experience educating/training licensed clinicians.