Billing errors are one of the most pernicious ways that clinics, medical offices, and hospitals lose revenue. MedCore’s Certified Medical Coders can help. Take steps to protect your profit today.
Our Certified Medical Coders help you standardize and accurately record information to avoid billing errors. Billing errors are costly, time-consuming, and bad for the patient experience. However, they are also very common. As a result, all healthcare practices should take steps to avoid medical billing errors. Luckily, Medical Coders can help with this.
Responsibilities of Certified Medical Coders
Our Certified Medical Coders provide the following services to ensure medical bills are coded accurately:
Interpreting patient charts for diagnoses, procedures, or other administered treatments
Identifying and assigning proper billing codes based on services performed during a patient visit
Standardizing data for billing and organizational purposes
Sequence codes in the proper order to comply with all laws and regulations
Verifying patient documents to ensure they reflect treatments administered during a visit
Clarify issues or questions about information with healthcare staff, including physicians
Spearhead any review regarding errors or edits in the coding of past bills
Respond to any questions regarding the coding of treatments
Ensuring records are accurate by auditing documents
Develop solutions to any coding errors that may arise
Collaborate with others in the office to improve efficiency and ensure all records are accurate and complete
Understand and adhere to medical coding conventions
Consult on coding issues with other healthcare staff
Comply with all regulatory guidelines for bill coding