Medical Coder/CPC

The duties and responsibilities of a Medical Coder vary from one healthcare facility to another. The main duty of a Medical Coder is assigning codes to medical procedures and diagnoses. Other duties and responsibilities of a Medical Coder include:

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Job Duties:

• Making sure that codes are assigned correctly and sequenced appropriately as per government and insurance regulations

• Complying with medical coding guidelines and policies

• Receiving and reviewing patients’ charts and documents for verification and accuracy

• Following up and clarifying any information that is not clear to other staff members

• Collecting information made by the Physician from different sources to prepare monthly reports

•  Implementing strategic procedures and choosing strategies and evaluation methods that provide correct results

• Examining any medical malpractice that has been reported by analyzing and identifying the medical procedures, diagnoses or events that lead to the negligence