Senior Cardiovascular & Interventional Radiology Coder IV

Saint Luke's; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint Luke's is seeking a skilled medical coder with expert knowledge in Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology terminology and disease processes. The role requires experience coding for acute care CVIR procedures, including diagnostic angiography and pacemaker-related codes.

Candidates should reconcile charges across HIM and clinical departments and stay current with ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 guidelines, maintaining ongoing education.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of medical and clinical terminology and disease processes related to Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology (CVIR).
• Experience coding for acute care hospital CVIR procedures (diagnostic angiography, percutaneous vascular interventions, non-vascular interventions, diagnostic cardiac catheterization, basic coronary arterial interventions, pacemakers).
• Ability to reconcile charges and coding discrepancies between HIM and clinical departments and reduce coding/billing errors.
• Stays current with ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 coding guidelines and maintains continuing education hours.
• Surgical coding experience would be a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assign accurate diagnosis and procedure codes using appropriate coding conventions.
• Reduce coding and billing errors by reconciling charges and coding discrepancies between HIM and clinical departments.
• Communicate effectively with peers, auditing staff, management and physicians verbally or in writing.
• Maintain minimum quality and productivity standards in coding tasks.

Skills

Medical terminology

Disease processes knowledge

Attention to detail

Communication with staff and doctors

ICD-10-CM & CPT-4 guidelines

Job description

Saint Luke's is seeking a skilled medical coder with expert knowledge in Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology terminology and disease processes. The role requires experience coding for acute care CVIR procedures, including diagnostic angiography and pacemaker-related codes.

Candidates should reconcile charges across HIM and clinical departments and stay current with ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 guidelines, maintaining ongoing education.