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Munson Healthcare · 3 days ago

Charging Specialist Coder

Michigan, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

1+ years exp

Munson Healthcare is northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents. The Charging Specialist is responsible for analyzing clinical documentation to assign charges for various procedures and ensuring accurate entry in financial records.

Hospital & Health Care

Responsibilities

Analyzes medical record documentation to apply federal rules and CPT-4 coding principles to identify charges for various procedures and clinical departments (i.e., medication administration, Observation Services, Outpatient Extended Stays, and Cardiac Catheterization Lab)

Accurately identifies and enters charges in a timely manner in the patient’s STAR financial record, meeting expected quality and productivity standards

Works closely with Utilization Management, Health Information Management, Business Office, and Charge Master colleagues to resolve patient type and other key charging issues

Abstracts and/or edits medical record data (e.g., problem list SNOMED conversion) as required by departmental procedure

Communicates and resolves documentation issues with nursing and/or other clinical providers as they relate to procedures and medication administration charges

Works with leadership to report issues and identify trends that impact charging

Maintains organized system for personal job-related reference material

Participates in educational activities and staff meetings

Qualification

CPT-4 codingICD-10 codingElectronic medical recordRHIT certificationRHIA certificationCCS certificationCCA certificationData abstractionHealthcare knowledgeCommunication skillsTeam collaboration