ED Charge Specialist

Job description

Overview Under the supervision of the Emergency Department Director assist in planning, and insuring correct processes and procedures related to ED / Facility charge capture. Responsibilities: - Assigns the appropriate Emergency Department (ED) E/M level, procedures, injections/ infusions and administration facility charges for hospital services using the facilities tools and programs for charge capture. Assigns appropriate modifiers with ICD-10, CPT and HCPCS Level codes as required. - Maintain a working knowledge of clinical/business processes and data flow to ensure that both are optimized. - Maintain productivity standards and ensure ED charge remains current or entered within 72 hours of patient discharge. - Ensure charge corrections are completed timely and accurately. - Communicate effectively with coding colleagues with positive outcome of charging questions. - Actively participate in ED and Coding education teams. - Maintain statistics / logs as required. - Identify all chargeable ED services and Supplies - Calculate ED Evaluation and Management (E&M) level - Identify infusion, injection, and transfusion charges per existing Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) hierarchy g...