Coder Outpatient

Job description

Outpatient surgery coder with at least 2 years of experience coding in cardiology preferably cardiovascular, cardiology, IVR procedures. Must be experienced with edits and denials. Experience with bariatric cases a plus. Cerner experience is a plus. The project will be working denials and edits primarily in cardiology with some bariatric as well. This is short term project estimated to be 3 months. This is open to fulltime or parttime candidates. The preferred schedule is M-F with hours worked between 7a-5p CST. Required Experience: NCCI/CCI edits and modifier indicators Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs): Medical necessity denials: Modifiers 59, XE, XS, XP, and XU Looking up NCDs and LCDs: Cardiac Caths: Interventions (PCI, stents, atherectomy, thrombectomy): Electrophysiology studies and ablations: Device procedures (pacemakers, ICDs, CRT, lead revisions, generator changes) Structural heart procedures (TAVR/TMVR, Watchman): Experience with modifiers 51, 76 and 77 Founded in 2003, Omega Healthcare Management Services® (Omega Healthcare) empowers healthcare to thrive via intelligent solutions that optimize revenue cycle operations, administrative workflows, care coordination, and clin...