Req #: 242859 Department: FACULTY PRACTICE PLAN SERVICES (UWP) Posting Date: 01/22/2025 Closing Info: Open Until Filled Salary: $5,307.00 - $7,595.00 per month Shift: First Shift Notes: + Choose from multiple, top medical and dental insurance programs + Plan for your future with tax-deferred investing through the UW retirement options, Including PERS plans for qualifying job profiles + Enjoy generous vacation and sick leave policies and protect yourself and your family with life and long-term disability insurance. + Receive UPASS Benefits, which includes free public transportation in the Puget Sound region on participating transit services + Intermittent/Per-Diem Employees are eligible for Holiday and Vacation payFor detailed information on Benefits for this position, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-summary-classified-staff-greater-than-half-time-20220908\_a11y.pdf) **Faculty Practice Plane Services (FPPS)** has outstanding opportunities for a **full-time (100% FTE, 40 hours/week), day shift,** **CODING SPECIALIST 2** **.** **WORK SCHEDULE** + 40 hours per week + Day Shift + This position is Remote **PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES** + Identify all billable services (regardless of location rendered) requiring professional fee billing, as determined jointly by UWP and the Clinical Department: + Review all applicable data sources (EPIC, ORCA, Mindscape,) or other, as applicable, for new admissions, transfers, discharges, expirations, ambulatory procedures, ambulatory visits or other possible sources of billable services. + Access and review all available electronic or other appropriate information to identify billable services requiring professional fee billing. + As necessary, request patient medical charts (for non-electronic providers). + Code all documented required professional services, ensuring all are coded using the appropriate CPT & ICD-10 codes. Ensures coded services, provider charges and medical record documentation meet appropriate guidelines or standards. + Reviews and resolves coding denials and coding claim edits in Epic daily as part of routine operations. + Consult with physicians, as appropriate, to verify services rendered and documented. Provide feedback to assist in provider understanding of coding and documentation issues and opportunities. + Assist physicians and/or their representatives with questions pertaining to professional fees. **REQUIRED POSITION QUALIFICATIONS** + High school diploma or equivalent + Certified as a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certified Coding Specialist – Physician Based (CCS-P), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Inpatient Coder (CIC), Certified Outpatient Coder (COC), Certified Interventional Radiology Cardiovascular Coder (CIRCC), Radiology Certified Coder (RCC) or Radiation Oncology Certified Coder (ROCC). + Two years coding experienceor + Equivalent education/experience. **ABOUT FACULTY PRACTICE PLAN SERVICES** UW Medicine Faculty Practice Plan Services (FPPS) supports UW Physicians (UWP), a practice group for more than 1,800 physicians and other healthcare professionals associated with UW Medicine. UW Medicine includes Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Neighborhood Clinics, UW Medical Center - Northwest, the UW School of Medicine, Valley Medical Center, and Airlift Northwest. UWP members also practice at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, a partnership of UW Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Seattle Children’s Hospital. **Teamwork. Community. Opportunity.** Become part of our team. Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community. **ABOUT UW MEDICINE – WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER** UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. 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