Professional Service Coder II - Cottage Health

Join Cottage Health as a Professional Services Coder II. The Professional Services Coder II Enters and validates professional charges for Cottage Urgent Care locations, and enters and validates professional office visit charges for Cottage professional MD services. Evaluates medical records, completes clinical data abstraction and assigns appropriate clinical diagnosis and procedure codes in accordance with nationally recognized coding guidelines for reporting and billing of physician and allied health services.

QUALIFICATIONS

All job qualifications listed indicate the minimum level necessary to perform this job proficiently.

LEVEL OF EDUCATION

Minimum: Formalized education that provides knowledge and experience in the following areas: 1) Assigning ICD-10-CM and CPT coding classifications; 2) Medical terminology, anatomy, chemistry, pharmacology, physiology, and disease process 3) medical record keeping principles and practices

Preferred: Associates Degree Health Information Management

CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Minimum: Certified Professional Coder-Apprentice (CPC-A) or Certified Professional Coder (CPC) from AAPC, or Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) from AHIMA.

Preferred: Certified Professional Coder-Apprentice (CPC-A) or Certified Professional Coder (CPC) from AAPC, or Certified Coding Specialist (CCS-P) from AHIMA.

YEARS OF RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE

Minimum: 6 months of coding experience in a professional clinic environment

Preferred: 1 year of experience coding for professional services
Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system, located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education. Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, Ca, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a Rehabilitation Hospital, multiple clinics and a multi-site Urgent Care system. Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion. Every day we touch thousands of lives in many different ways, resolute in our mission to put patients first. We take pride in helping our patients get back to living their lives - in the places they love.

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