Certified Medical Coder
Job Highlights:
Temp to Hire
$18.00 - 20.00/hr depending on experience
Monday- Friday - 8:00AM-5:00PM
This position has the opportunity to go remote once completely trained, 6 mos - a year. Must reside in the Knoxville, TN or surrounding areas. Starts out in West Knox.
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
