Cancer registrar vs medical coder

Differences between cancer registrar and medical coder duties and responsibilities

Cancer registrar example responsibilities.

• Process release of information requests according to HIPAA regulations and manage valuables safe for entire facility.
• Assign TNM and AJCC staging codes to newly diagnose cancer patents.
• Provide coordination of cancer committee require by ACOS to meet accreditation standards.
• Work for DHMC for this time period helping DHMC get up to date w cancer abstracts and the NH state cancer registry
• Obtain patient insurance information and forward to business department for approval of out-patient surgery.
• Train new employees and registrars.
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Medical coder example responsibilities.

• Manage all EDI relate communication with trading partners and assist to produce all operational documents for all end users.
• Manage all aspects of AR including writing letters for medical necessity, claim denials, bundling issues and charge capture.
• Manage health records while applying ICD-10 coding to update and process insurance claims for time and accuracy to various insurance companies.
• Manage the outsourced transcription company.
• Create documentation education classes to general surgery residents, increasing the leveling of reporting which lead to increase revenues.
• Adhere to regulations with CPT-4, ICD-9-CM and HCPCS coding with medical terminology and effort meet all audit requirements.
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