Coding Specialist Lead

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- ** Job Description
**** Faculty Practice Plane Services (FPPS)
** has outstanding opportunities for a
** full-time (100% FTE, 40 hours/week), day shift, CODING SPECIALIST LEAD.*
* ** WORK SCHEDULE
*** 40 hours per week
* Day Shift
* This position is Remote
** POSITION SUMMARY
** The
** CODING SPECIALIST LEAD
** is responsible for assuming a leadership role with the Coding & Charge Capture Department, guiding daily production and workflow of coders when the supervisor is unavailable. S/he will possess a thorough knowledge of coding guidelines and will demonstrate effective problem-solving skills and work with more complex and/or specialized accounts/projects/assignments. The Lead will participate in on-the-job, desk level training thus s/he must possess superior coding knowledge and skills, support learning and development opportunities for staff, performing QA reviews on new coders, and effectively use one-on-one instructional techniques.
** ESSENTIAL DUTIES
*** Oversee the instruction, delegate tasks, and check accuracy of coding specialist's work.
* Identify all billable services (regardless of location rendered) requiring professional fee billing, as determined jointly by UWP and the Clinical Department.
* Review all applicable data sources (EPIC, ORCA, Mindscape,) or other, as applicable, for new admissions, transfers, discharges, expirations, ambulatory procedures, ambulatory visits or other possible sources of billable services.
* Access and review all available electronic or other appropriate information to identify billable services requiring professional fee billing.
* As necessary, request patient medical charts (for non-electronic providers).
* Code all documented required professional services, ensuring all are coded using the appropriate CPT  & ICD-10 codes.  Ensures coded services, provider charges and medical record documentation meet appropriate guidelines or standards.
* Reviews and resolves coding denials and coding claim edits in Epic daily as part of routine operations.
** REQUIRED POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
*** High school diploma or equivalent
* Three (3) years of coding experience
* Certified as a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certified Coding Specialist – Physician Based (CCS-P), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Inpatient Coder (CIC), Certified Outpatient Coder (COC), Certified Interventional Radiology Cardiovascular Coder (CIRCC), Radiology Certified Coder (RCC) or Radiation Oncology Certified Coder (ROCC).
** ABOUT FACULTY PRACTICE PLAN SERVICES
** UW Medicine Faculty Practice Plan Services (FPPS) supports UW Physicians (UWP), a practice group for more than 1,800 physicians and other healthcare professionals associated with UW Medicine. UW Medicine includes Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Neighborhood Clinics, UW Medical Center - Northwest, the UW School of Medicine, Valley Medical Center, and Airlift Northwest. UWP members also practice at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, a partnership of UW Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Seattle Children’s Hospital.

** Teamwork. Community. Opportunity.*
* ** ABOUT UW MEDICINE – WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER
** All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes:
Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest.  
** Compensation, Benefits and Position Details
**** Pay Range Minimum:**$76,164.00 annual
** Pay Range Maximum:**$ annual
** Other Compensation:**
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