Barbara Schooler
Fredericksburg,VA
Summary
Hardworking professional applies official coding conventions and rules established by American Medical Association and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Confident Medical Coder adheres to data confidentiality and privacy rules in all workflows and promotes dynamic interpersonal skills.
Senior Medical Coder with 30 years of Radiology coding and recoding denials.
Knowledgeable medical office professional talented at, reviewing health records to identify proper diagnosis and CPT codes for billing.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Medical Coder
McKesson/Change Healthcare/Optum
11.1991 - Current
- Applied official coding conventions and rules from American Medical Association and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to assign diagnostic codes.
- Monitored changes in coding regulations to properly assign CPT & DX Codes
- Experience working denials
- Resourcefully used various coding books, procedure manuals, and on-line encoders.
- Production Coder
- Experience in Epic within patient charts
- Data Entry
- Reviewed patient charts to better understand health histories, diagnoses, and treatments.
- Utilized electronic medical record systems to store, retrieve and process patient data.
Education
Stafford Senior High School
Fredericksburg, VA06.1983
Skills
- Problem Resolution
- Patient Data Identification
- Diagnostic Codes
- CPT Code Modifiers
- Code Assignment Research
- Data Entry
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Dependable and Responsible
- Radiology Diagnostics
- Medical Terminology
- ICD-10 Requirements
- Reviewing Patient Information
Additional Information
I have been with the company for 33 years. I am a hard worker, I am very dedicated to my job.
Timeline
Senior Medical Coder
McKesson/Change Healthcare/Optum
11.1991 - Current
Stafford Senior High School
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