Scanning technician vs medical coder

Differences between scanning technician and medical coder duties and responsibilities

Scanning technician example responsibilities.

• Manage medical treatment authorizations and durable medical equipment (DME) requests and verify medical eligibility for all patients requesting treatment.
• Keep in compliance with HIPPA regulations.
• Record daily QA data for QC efficiency.
• Help develop the company's QA protocol.
• Create ECG reports accordance with clinic specific instructions.
• Put in overtime if need for Ekgs also.
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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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