Medical language specialist vs medical coder

Differences between medical language specialist and medical coder duties and responsibilities

Medical language specialist example responsibilities.

• Prepare budget and manage department's employees' time, attendance and payroll process.
• Create documentation education classes to general surgery residents, increasing the leveling of reporting which lead to increase revenues.
• Transcribe and edit for specialties including: cardiology, pulmonology, urology, pediatrics, psychiatry, oncology, etc.
• Utilize extensive knowledge of medical terminology while following AAMT and HIPAA guidelines.
• Type medical transcription from all medical specialties, combine with comprehensive self-pace dictation system.
• Utilize voice-record dictation to transcribe and edit medical reports for several acute care hospitals.
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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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