Professional Surgical Coder

**Employment Type:**
Full time
**Shift:**
Day Shift


**Description:**
Reviews all assigned charge review errors and claim edits for hospital-based services, including surgical procedures. Ensures correct charge capture and coding with proper CPT, HCPCS, and ICD-10 codes, as well as proper modifiers, adhering to local ministry and Trinity practices and policies. May require analyzing medical documentation to verify principle and secondary diagnoses and procedures; assigning diagnostic codes, selecting the surgical/procedural codes and modifiers using coding guidelines established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); performing charge entry; and performing discrepancy resolution. Serves as a liaison between Centralized Coding/Revenue Site Operations and physicians/ clinical sites/departments. Assists in orienting and training new employees in the coding and charge capture area as well as cross-training established coders in new specialties.