Coding Specialist Lead

Job Description

Faculty Practice Plane Services (FPPS) has outstanding opportunities for a full-time (100% FTE, 40 hours/week), day shift, CODING SPECIALIST LEAD.

• 40 hours per week
• Day Shift
• This position is Remote

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.

• 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.

• 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).

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.

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