Clinician Coding Liaison - Primary Care

Department: 13237 Enterprise Revenue Cycle - Admin:
Mid Rev Cycle Clinician Services

Status:
Full time

Benefits Eligible:
Yes

Hours Per Week: 40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:
Weekdays

Pay Range: $35.50 - $53.25

Atrium Health – Charlotte, NC

Atrium Health is a nationally recognized leader in shaping health, delivering world‑class care, and transforming the communities we serve. We bring together world‑class physicians, cutting‑edge research, and innovative technology to provide compassionate, personalized care for every stage of life. Join our team and be a part of a mission‑driven organization dedicated to improving health, elevating hope, and advancing healing – for all.

Atrium Health is seeking a highly motivated and detail‑oriented Physician Coding Liaison to join our dynamic team. The Physician Coding Liaison will serve as a critical link between physicians, coding teams, and revenue cycle departments, ensuring accurate and compliant coding practices. This role will involve providing education, conducting audits, and resolving coding‑related inquiries to optimize revenue integrity and minimize compliance risks.

• Provides service line/specialty specific coding/documentation education and feedback related to coding changes (CPT including E&M, modifiers, ICD‑10‑CM, and HCPCS), annual code updates, payer requirements, and payer rejection resolution to assigned Physicians/APPs. Partners with CMOs to standardize coding processes across a specific specialty. Shares and/or presents coding/documentation education presentations to Chief Medical Officers (CMOs), Physicians/APPs, Senior Director Administrators across the organization. Coordinates with PSA Liaisons to provide adequate Physician/APP and/or clinical team member support.
• Conducts orientations for all Physicians/APPs, residents/students and clinical team members on specialty specific coding and documentation related education. Performs new clinician documentation reviews for specialty specific coding, and documentation feedback, as requested.
• Coordinates responses to Physicians/APPs, Locum Tenens, residents/student's questions and feedback from various sources and partners, including Senior director administrators, CMOs, Medical Group Compliance, Internal Audit, Physician Compensation, Clinical Informatics/Clinical Informatics Educators, Quality Improvement Coordinators, and/or other external partners.
• Queries Physician/APP, Locum Tenens, residents/students when prompted by Professional Coding Department production coders to assist in resolving coding and documentation questions. Relays any coding changes, feedback, and education to Physician/APP, Locum Tenens, residents/students and/or clinic leadership, as appropriate.
• Monitors and works to resolve charge sessions requiring additional information for assigned clinicians and/or service line/specialty in the Epic work queues and/or other transfer work queues to ensure Clinicians are completing work timely to ensure proper supporting documentation for billing and timely filing.
• Attends and provides service line/specialty specific coding and documentation information, as requested, to CMOs, Physicians/APPs and/or Clinic/Site Department meetings. These may be virtually and/or in‑person. Virtually attends Physician/APP education that include coding and/or documentation topics, such as Documentation Specialist clinician low risk review meetings, Risk Adjustment/HCC meetings, and/or Medical Group Compliance reviews/meetings.
• Collaborates with PSA Liaison to review and provide coding/documentation guidance on Epic order entry, diagnosis, and charge capture preference lists as well as Smart Sets and templates.
• Develops Physician/APP monthly service line/specialty newsletters to continually educate and communicate updates from various coding resources including specialty society organizations. Communicates new services performed by Physician/APPs to Professional Coding department leadership.
• Identifies service line/specialty specific trending data and opportunities to capture revenue through documentation improvement. Attends service line/specialty…