Specialty Coder

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a Medical Coder, you will ensure precise communication with insurance companies so that services are documented correctly and payments are processed efficiently. Every day you will accurately translate patients’ medical records into standardized codes for diagnoses and treatments. Using your expertise and training, you will ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and organizational standards. To be successful in this role, you must combine accuracy and attention to detail with a strong knowledge of coding standards and healthcare regulations. Clear communication with providers and staff, along with efficient management of records, ensures claims are processed correctly and on time.

• Check for errors in charting and charging for all Surgical Service Departments (Pre-Op, PACU, and Post-Op). Submit errors to Manager over those departments.
• Consolidate Anesthesia and OR documents, compare to the Master Schedule to see if there is missing documentation or paperwork.
• Review Star charge sheets to look for missing charges and overcharges.
• Enter charges for Anesthesia medications and supplies based on charge sheets gathered in OR.
• Keep track of price updates and credit patients for items and submit new updates to Conifer to charge after the patient is discharged.
• Review surgeon dictations to be sure that appropriate procedures are being charged.

Job Requirements

Required

• High School Graduate General Studies, upon hire or
• High School GED General Studies, upon hire
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
• Certified Billing and Coding Certification, upon hire or
• Certified Professional Coder, upon hire or
• Certified Professional Coder Hospital Apprentice, upon hire or
• Certified Professional Coder Apprentice, upon hire or
• Certified Coding Associate, upon hire or
• Cardiology Coding, upon hire or
• Certified Coding Specialist, upon hire or
• Certified Coding Specialist - Physician Based, upon hire or
• Certified Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Coder, upon hire or
• Certified Health Care Compliance, upon hire or
• Certified Interventional Radiology Cardio Coder, upon hire or
• Certified Professional Coder Hospital, upon hire or
• Radiology Certified Coder, upon hire or
• Registered Health Information Administrator, upon hire or
• Registered Health Information Technician, upon hire

Where You’ll Work

Welcome to Saint Joseph East, a 217-bed, full-service, community hospital located in a convenient setting in Lexington, Kentucky. Saint Joseph East also includes the Women's Hospital at Saint Joseph East which is dedicated to supporting the well-being of women in Central and Eastern Kentucky and serves a 16-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). 

CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians. 

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.