Cassandra McClennen
Silver City,USA
Summary
Healthcare coding professional with proven track record in outpatient coding, ensuring precise and compliant medical record documentation. Known for strong collaborative skills and commitment to achieving accurate results. Reliable team player with flexibility to adapt to changing needs, proficient in ICD-10, CPT, and HCPCS coding systems.Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Outpatient Coder/Abstractor/Charge Entry Specialist
Mount Graham Regional Medical Center
Safford, AZ
10.2023 - Current
- Code emergency room visits, assigning appropriate codes using the 3M encoding system
- Code all diagnosis and procedures in the electronic medical record, code all procedures done by specialty physician's done in the Emergency Room.
- Determine E&M levels, and then add charges for those levels, plus infusions, injections and procedures done in the ER.
- Charge all professional fees for specialty physicians and add physician information on all radiological tests.
- Collaborated with healthcare providers to clarify documentation for optimal coding accuracy. Track all deficiencies for lacking documentation.
- Abstracting the account, adding modifiers and research all failure for medical necessity to get the most revenue collected. Finalizing out to billing
- Field all charging and coding questions
- The last coding audit showed an accuracy rate of >100% on Emergency room accounts.
Outpatient Coder
Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital
Gallup, NM
01.2021 - 10.2023
- Code Emergency Room visits. Reviewing the electronic medical record and all test results and other documentation. Using the 3M encoder determine the appropriate codes.
- Code all diagnosis and procedures done in the emergency room
- Determine E & M levels, and charges for those levels plus and infusions and injections. Review what charges are already in the Cerner system and make corrections to match what should be charged.
- Abstracting the account by adding modifiers and review any edits for failure of medical necessity. Finalize the account and send on to billing.
- Field all questions about coding and charging.
Outpatient Coder/Abstractor/Charge Entry Specialist
Gila Regional Medical Center
Silver City, NM
02.2013 - 01.2021
- Code Emergency room visits, assigning appropriate codes using the 3M encoding system. Determine E&M levels, then adding charges for levels, infusions, injections and procedures done in the ER
- Abstract the account adding modifiers
- Field all charging and coding questions
- Coding audit done by Nearterm in 2019 showed a 96.3% accuracy rate.
Education
Associates Health Information Technology - Health Information Management
AAPC
05.2012
Skills
- Attention to detail and accuracy in coding and charging
- Skillfully applied professional medical and coding knowledge as per ICD-10 & CPT coding guidelines
- Actively pursues continuing education opportunities
- Self-motivated and works with little supervision
- Positive, mature attitude, motivated and organized
- AAPC Certified Professional Coder 5/2012 to present
Certification
- CPC - Certified Professional Coder AAPC
Languages
English
Timeline
Outpatient Coder/Abstractor/Charge Entry Specialist
Mount Graham Regional Medical Center
10.2023 - Current
Outpatient Coder
Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital
01.2021 - 10.2023
Outpatient Coder/Abstractor/Charge Entry Specialist
Gila Regional Medical Center
02.2013 - 01.2021
Associates Health Information Technology - Health Information Management
AAPC