What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Coder position at LMMC Holdings LLC?
Why Limitless Male Medical Clinic?
Limitless Male is a fast-growing, unique, and team-oriented company that loves to take care of our employees AND our patients. If you are looking to be surrounded by excellence, to be inspired by your peers, to help make a difference, and laughing the whole time… then we need to talk! We also pride ourselves in offering many benefits including health insurance, Limitless Male branded clothing, discounts, a great culture, and more! This is a place you can come in and help men of all walks of life achieve their goals and simply be a better them.
About the Organization
What is Limitless Male? We are a men’s health clinic where every day, we open the doors to invite men of all ages to change their lives and get back in the game by becoming better husbands, fathers, and co-workers. We do it through various avenues of testosterone replacement, peptides, wave therapies, and many other ancillary products to help men feel their best!
General Benefits Package offered
SUMMARY: This candidate will be responsible for the accurate and timely completion of patient record coding. Being able to work independently and efficiently in a fast-paced environment is a must. This position requires extensive attention to detail, multi-tasking, and strong communication skills with our healthcare providers. Effective and independent problem solving is the key to success in this role.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Performs coding activities to assure accurate completion of coding for all patient records.
- Analyzes medical records for completeness of documentation with direct communication to providers for clarifications on any incomplete or conflicting documentation.
- Work directly with the physicians to correct any documenting deficiencies.
- Keeps current on all coding related regulations, standards, guidelines, industry trends.
- Educate physicians, clinical staff, and other necessary parties on changes to coding standards and regulations and promote proper documentation practices.
- Interacts and follows up with healthcare providers and staff on all communications related to coding, e.g., changes to policies and changes to codes.
- Investigates and demonstrates problem-solving skills on all denials received from the billing staff on charges reviewed and coded. Inform billing staff of the corrective actions needed to reprocess these denied claims. Corrective action will be taken based on documentation.
Other Job Duties
- In addition to the coding duties, this person will also help with the billing and posting of payments
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Proficient in medical terminology
- Certified Procedure Coder (CPC) required
- 2 years of coding experience required; primary care experience preferred
- Coding auditing experience preferred but not required
- Involvement in local AAPC preferred, national AAPC required
- Strong computer skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Medical billing experience is a plus