Description

Are you looking for a rewarding career providing the highest quality health care possible? 

Iowa Ortho is making a strong connection between exceptional patient care and outstanding career opportunities! Our company is made up of several teams who are all dedicated to providing excellent experiences for our patients and our co-workers. If you enjoy working alongside some of the best people in the state and you place patient care above all else, there may be a place for you at Iowa Ortho.

• WORK ALONGSIDE DEDICATED PEOPLE: Our team is made up of individuals who believe creating a positive experience is not just for the patient, but also for their co-worker.
• WORK WITH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT: Iowa Ortho works hard to stay up-to-date on all technology including creating and advancing our own systems. Our imaging center provides the highest quality radiographs (X-rays), advanced digital imaging for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT scan) and dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA scan) for both bone density and body composition testing, as well as cutting-edge outpatient surgical suites.
• PROVIDE EXCELLENT PATIENT CARE: Work with staff that are dedicated to providing excellent care to our patients. Iowa Ortho providers and teams are all working towards two common goals – the quality of life of our patients, and our staff.
• COMPETITIVE BENEFITS AND FUN AT WORK: We value our team members. That’s why Iowa Ortho offers competitive benefits such as: 401k contributions, profit sharing, and a full menu of a la carte benefits, employee discounts, annual pay evaluations, company BBQs, food trucks, theme days, and more. 

Summary 

The medical coder ensures optimum reimbursement for medical services through accurate and timely reporting and posting of all physician and ancillary services. This position is will work remote once successfully completing the in office training. This position is required to come in office multiple times a quarter, so living more than 2 hours from Des Moines metro will not be suitable for this position. 

This position has a hiring range of $18.30-$22.14 per hour based on years of relative experience. 

Please note, our first point of contact concerning any open positions, may be e-mail. Please check your spam folder as unknown senders sometimes wind up in spam or junk.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Review physician dictation for office and hospital visits
• Verify and maker sure that the appropriate CPT/HCPC/ICD-10-CM codes have been chosen to ensure visit meets criteria for the level chosen
• Post Co-Pay Payments when applied to encounters during coding
• Review, code, and post charge for all events in NextGen (including Hospital, ASC, Clinic, and Radiology)
• Review and Correct ALL Coding Denials as needed and assigned in WorkLog (including Assisting Billing with Appeals as needed)
• Locate corrections or additions needed in dictation, and send requests to physicians and Transcription Department for necessary changes and or addendum
• Answer questions on CPT/HCPC/ICD-10-CM codes needed by other departments
• Work in conjunction with Pre-Coding, QA, and Back Office Staff to support, clarify, and charge for the physician’s treatment of each patient encounter
• Follow through and complete missed charges on Unbilled Encounter Report (ie cast applications, DME’s, medications and injections, x-rays)
• Release claims after corrections are made or physician dictates as requested (i.e. x-rays, visits, medications, injections or casts)
• Know or learn to code per payer while remaining in AMA CPT guidelines
• Attend continuing education to keep current with coding changes and third party payer requirements
• Stay up to date on Coding/Payer Education via the Education Tracking Spreadsheet
• Work closely with the Billing and Coding Manager and Supervisors to interpret third party payer requirements
• Assist to implement procedures that ensure optimum reimbursement in compliance with regulations
• Develop and implement improvements as appropriate
• Provide excellent customer service to staff, leadership, providers and customers
• Assist in maintaining and monitoring department spreadsheets and WorkLog as assigned
• Unbilled Encounters
• WorkLog
• Support other departments company wide in correct understanding and usage of CPT/HCPC/ICD-10-CM codes.
• Assist in the Annual Provider Reviews for your assigned physicians
• Participate in quarterly Q&A sessions
• Assist with other duties as assigned
• Assist other departments in understanding and interpreting LCD policies published by CMS
• Assist Pre-Auth Department with CPT/HCPC/ICD-10-CM codes as needed

Requirements

• Microsoft Office Knowledge including Outlook, Excel, Word, Power Point and OneNote.
• Excellent communication skills
• Basic computer skills; Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to speak, read, write and listen to the English language

Education and Experience

• Medical coding certification from AAPC (CPC-A or CPC) or AHIMA (CCA, CCS-P)
• Minimum 1 year of experience in the last 18 months in coding physician services 
• Knowledge of Medicare provider requirements preferred