Patient information coordinator vs medical coder

Differences between patient information coordinator and medical coder duties and responsibilities

Patient information coordinator example responsibilities.

• Manage and track various holds on inventory: ship on quarantine; FDA hold; and quality hold.
• Verify patient insurance eligibility, and perform medical coding under ICD-9 and CPT code formats.
• Obtain and update demographic, emergency contact and insurance information, including referrals/authorizations on all patients as needed.
• Schedule radiology procedures using IMAGECAST.
• Enter ICD-9 and CPT-code information for billing purposes.
• Verify medical claims are appropriately code utilizing ICD-9 coding and make corrections, as necessary.
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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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