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| n | 1 | Job Description: | n | 1 | Location: Fully Remote |
| 2 | Location: Fully Remote Employment Duration: 3 months Schedule: Full-Time | Day Shift Pay Range: $53. | 2 | Employment Duration: 3 months | ||
| > | 12–$66.18/hour Patient Records Abstractor fulfills a role as a Medical Coder for UCSF’s physician pr | ||||
| > | actices. They review patient records, discharge summaries, operative reports, and other clinical doc | ||||
| > | umentation to assign standardized codes for diagnoses, procedures, and services. They apply national | ||||
| > | and international coding classifications to ensure records reflect the care delivered, supporting a | ||||
| > | ccurate reimbursement and reliable clinical data. They have knowledge of Current Procedural Terminol | ||||
| > | ogy (CPT), International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) | ||||
| > | , and Healthcare Common Procedural Coding System (HCPCS). The role operates within a healthcare reco | ||||
| > | rds or billing team and requires close liaison with clinicians, clinical coders, and administrative | ||||
| > | staff to resolve documentation queries. Coders must maintain currency with coding updates, complianc | ||||
| > | e requirements, and professional standards, participate in regular audits to monitor coding quality, | ||||
| > | process assigned case volumes in a timely manner while maintaining high accuracy, adhere to confide | ||||
| > | ntiality and information governance standards, and contribute to process improvements that enhance d | ||||
| > | ata quality and coding efficiency. Department Overview: The Faculty Practice Revenue Management Oper | ||||
| > | ations (FPRMO) department is responsible for physician-based coding for UCSF faculty. The team ensur | ||||
| > | es accurate code assignment for professional services delivered across UCSF locations, affiliated co | ||||
| > | mmunity hospitals, off-license practices, and ambulatory clinics. FPRMO supports a diverse group of | ||||
| > | providers, including physicians, nurse practitioners, and advanced practice providers, across a wide | ||||
| > | spectrum of specialties within an academic medical center environment. These specialties include Ne | ||||
| > | urosurgery, Cardiovascular Services, OB/GYN, Gender Reassignment, Rheumatology, and Plastic Surgery. | ||||
| > | FPRMO plays a critical role in the revenue cycle by delivering precise and compliant coding for app | ||||
| > | roximately 1.6 million patient encounters annually, supporting both regulatory requirements and opti | ||||
| > | mal reimbursement. Key Responsibilities: Review and code complex patient encounters in assigned work | ||||
| > | queues. Work in moderate and simple work queues as needed. Process RFI and edit work queues as need | ||||
| > | ed. Maintain a minimum 95% coding accuracy rate. Meet productivity standards established by UCSF lea | ||||
| > | dership. Collaborate proactively with clinical divisions to support compliant revenue cycle practice | ||||
| > | s. Code complex procedures and accounts requiring advanced expertise in charge capture, workflow, ho | ||||
| > | spital operations, authorizations, and the revenue cycle. Resolve Claims Manager and Epic edits thro | ||||
| > | ugh documentation review, including evaluation and management (E/M) leveling, diagnosis coding, bund | ||||
| > | ling issues, modifier usage, and related coding requirements. Use dashboards and reporting processes | ||||
| > | to analyze complex revenue cycle functions and audit data supporting revenue cycle management. Comp | ||||
| > | lete coding-related work reports, reconcile charge lists, create charge sessions, update department | ||||
| > | information, and follow up on credentialing requests. Serve as a lead resource on applicable billing | ||||
| > | , coding, and revenue cycle regulations and communicate regulatory updates to faculty, management, a | ||||
| > | nd staff. Teach and train team members within designated specialty and subspecialty areas. Stay curr | ||||
| > | ent with coding audits, regulations, trends, Office of Inspector General (OIG) initiatives, and paye | ||||
| > | r requirements affecting assigned specialties. Research and review coding directives issued by OIG, | ||||
| > | CMS, intermediaries, and national and local insurance carriers. Analyze complex coding data, identif | ||||
| > | y revenue cycle trends, and prepare reports for leadership. | ||||
| 3 | Schedule: Full-Time | Day Shift | ||||
| 4 | Pay Range: $53.12-$66.18/hour | ||||
| 3 | 5 | ||||
| t | 4 | Qualifications: | t | 6 | Patient Records Abstractor fulfills a role as a Medical Coder for UCSF’s physician practices. They r |
| > | eview patient records, discharge summaries, operative reports, and other clinical documentation to a | ||||
| > | ssign standardized codes for diagnoses, procedures, and services. They apply national and internatio | ||||
| > | nal coding classifications to ensure records reflect the care delivered, supporting accurate reimbur | ||||
| > | sement and reliable clinical data. They have knowledge of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), Inte | ||||
| > | rnational Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM), and Healthcar | ||||
| > | e Common Procedural Coding System (HCPCS). The role operates within a healthcare records or billing | ||||
| > | team and requires close liaison with clinicians, clinical coders, and administrative staff to resolv | ||||
| > | e documentation queries. Coders must maintain currency with coding updates, compliance requirements, | ||||
| > | and professional standards, participate in regular audits to monitor coding quality, process assign | ||||
| > | ed case volumes in a timely manner while maintaining high accuracy, adhere to confidentiality and in | ||||
| > | formation governance standards, and contribute to process improvements that enhance data quality and | ||||
| > | coding efficiency. | ||||
| 5 | Required Qualifications: - 5+ years of professional fee/revenue cycle coding experience or equivalen | 7 | |||
| > | t experience/training. - Professional fee coding experience in Cardiology/Cardiovascular Services. - | ||||
| > | Hands-on experience with cardiac catheterization coding. - Experience coding electrophysiology stud | ||||
| > | ies and procedures. - Experience with non-invasive Cardiology coding, including echo, stress testing | ||||
| > | , ECG/EKG, and remote cardiac monitoring. - Experience coding cardiac device interrogations and rela | ||||
| > | ted monitoring services. - Advanced knowledge of cardiovascular CPT coding, ICD-10-CM, HCPCS, modifi | ||||
| > | ers, bundling, and clinical documentation requirements. - Knowledge of federal, state, and commercia | ||||
| > | l payer coding and billing standards. Required certification/licensure: - CPC, CCS-P, CCA, CCS, RHIT | ||||
| > | , RHIA, or equivalent licensure approved by FPRMO management. Preferred Qualifications: - Bachelor’s | ||||
| > | degree in a related field and/or equivalent experience/training. - Prior experience in an academic | ||||
| > | medical center. - Prior experience with Epic. - Prior experience with Encoder Pro. | ||||
| 8 | Department Overview: | ||||
| 9 | |||||
| 10 | The Faculty Practice Revenue Management Operations (FPRMO) department is responsible for physician-b | ||||
| > | ased coding for UCSF faculty. The team ensures accurate code assignment for professional services de | ||||
| > | livered across UCSF locations, affiliated community hospitals, off-license practices, and ambulatory | ||||
| > | clinics. | ||||
| 11 | |||||
| 12 | FPRMO supports a diverse group of providers, including physicians, nurse practitioners, and advance | ||||
| > | d practice providers, across a wide spectrum of specialties within an academic medical center enviro | ||||
| > | nment. These specialties include Neurosurgery, Cardiovascular Services, OB/GYN, Gender Reassignment, | ||||
| > | Rheumatology, and Plastic Surgery. | ||||
| 13 | |||||
| 14 | FPRMO plays a critical role in the revenue cycle by delivering precise and compliant coding for app | ||||
| > | roximately 1.6 million patient encounters annually, supporting both regulatory requirements and opti | ||||
| > | mal reimbursement. | ||||
| 15 | |||||
| 16 | Key Responsibilities: | ||||
| 17 | * Review and code complex patient encounters in assigned work queues. | ||||
| 18 | * Work in moderate and simple work queues as needed. | ||||
| 19 | * Process RFI and edit work queues as needed. | ||||
| 20 | * Maintain a minimum 95% coding accuracy rate. | ||||
| 21 | * Meet productivity standards established by UCSF leadership. | ||||
| 22 | * Collaborate proactively with clinical divisions to support compliant revenue cycle practices. | ||||
| 23 | * Code complex procedures and accounts requiring advanced expertise in charge capture, workflow, ho | ||||
| > | spital operations, authorizations, and the revenue cycle. | ||||
| 24 | * Resolve Claims Manager and Epic edits through documentation review, including evaluation and mana | ||||
| > | gement (E/M) leveling, diagnosis coding, bundling issues, modifier usage, and related coding require | ||||
| > | ments. | ||||
| 25 | * Use dashboards and reporting processes to analyze complex revenue cycle functions and audit data | ||||
| > | supporting revenue cycle management. | ||||
| 26 | * Complete coding-related work reports, reconcile charge lists, create charge sessions, update depa | ||||
| > | rtment information, and follow up on credentialing requests. | ||||
| 27 | * Serve as a lead resource on applicable billing, coding, and revenue cycle regulations and communi | ||||
| > | cate regulatory updates to faculty, management, and staff. | ||||
| 28 | * Teach and train team members within designated specialty and subspecialty areas. | ||||
| 29 | * Stay current with coding audits, regulations, trends, Office of Inspector General (OIG) initiativ | ||||
| > | es, and payer requirements affecting assigned specialties. | ||||
| 30 | * Research and review coding directives issued by OIG, CMS, intermediaries, and national and local | ||||
| > | insurance carriers. | ||||
| 31 | * Analyze complex coding data, identify revenue cycle trends, and prepare reports for leadership. | ||||