Charge Master Coordinator

HOUSTON LOCALS ONLY - REMOTE but must be able to attend onsite meetings as needed

Candidate is required to provide their own equipment. Desktop & monitor needed.

Job Description:

• Interact with all revenue-generating departments in assigning revenue/CPT/HCPCS codes to the hospital chargemaster for the purpose of assuring compliance with government/non-government agencies and insurance companies.
• Researches and assigns appropriate CPT (Current Procedural Terminology)/HCPCS (Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System) codes to all billable items.
• Ensures that the department understands the CPT/HCPCS codes and agrees that the service performed matches the CPT/HCPCS description.
• Reconciliation of changes involves using export files from the test EHR environments and comparing them through each environment to ensure entries are reflective of changes to the charge master.
• Retains complete and organized documentation of all changes made to ensure an audit trail exists for all changes.
• Research and assigns appropriate CPT, HCPCS, and Revenue Codes to all billable items in the current EHR.
• Maintains and updates the Charge Description Master, and reconciles all changes to the chargemaster to ensure prices are set timely and accurately.

Requirements:

• Strong in-depth knowledge of coding guidelines, medical terminology and abbreviations, as well as knowledge of billing compliance rules and regulations.
• Strong analytical skills, excellent communication skills, good organizational skills, the ability to interact with all levels of employees, and the ability to type a minimum of 35-45 wpm.
• Should be detail oriented, assertive, and decisive in applying the above knowledge.
• Must possess the ability to adapt to and use different computer software systems.
• Strong excel skills also required to be able to reconcile changes using spreadsheets.

Education:

• Required- 4 years Coder and/or Revenue Cycle experience
• Required- H.S. Diploma or GED
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.

One of the certifications required:

• CCS - Cert-Cert Coding Specialist (AHIMA)
• Or CCS-P - Cert-CCS-P Physician Based (AHIMA)
• Or COC-A - Cert Outpat Coder - Apprentice (AAPC)
• Or COC - Certified Outpatient Coder (AAPC)
• Or CPC - Cert-Cert Professional Coder (AAPC)
• Or RHIA - Cert-Reg Health Inform. Admins (AHIMA)
• Or RHIT - Cert-Reg Health Inform. TECH (AHIMA)