Senior Coding Specialist - Remote TX, Lead & Mentor

Houstonmethodistcareers; Town of Texas (WI); Remote; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Houston Methodist seeks a Senior Coding Specialist to apply coding conventions to patient encounters in a clinical setting. You will abstract diagnoses/procedures from physician records and correct errors in the EHR while reviewing and appealing denials.

Mentoring and cross-training Coding Specialists is also expected. Required are five years of professional coding experience and one of CCS or CPC certifications.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Five years of professional coding experience.
• Must have CCS or CPC certification.

Responsibilities

• Apply coding conventions to patient encounters in EHR.
• Abstract diagnoses and procedures from physician records.
• Review, correct, and appeal coding denials and mentor coding staff.

Skills

Customer service

Professional communication

Medical terminology

ICD-9/ICD-10/CPT

MS Word/Excel

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

3M encoder

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Houston Methodist seeks a Senior Coding Specialist to apply coding conventions to patient encounters in a clinical setting. You will abstract diagnoses/procedures from physician records and correct errors in the EHR while reviewing and appealing denials.

Mentoring and cross-training Coding Specialists is also expected. Required are five years of professional coding experience and one of CCS or CPC certifications.