Charisse Fields, CPC, CDEO
Cypress,TX
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 while seeking to expand professional knowledge and company growth.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Clinical Coding Specialist
MD Anderson - Medical Center
02.2013 - Current
- Manage high volumes of medical records efficiently while maintaining strict attention to detail during the coding process.
- Reviewed outpatient records and interpreted documentation to identify diagnoses and procedures.
- Optimized revenue cycle management by accurately assigning codes for diagnoses and procedures according to established guidelines.
- Abstracting highly complex operative reports and accurately assigning both CPT and ICD10 codes.
- Actively collaborates with fellow coders for coding accuracy of co-surgery reports.
- Review pathology reports to assist in assigning the most accurate diagnosis to the highest specificity.
- Complete billing edits and notify management when trends are recognized.
- Utilize active listening, interpersonal, and telephone etiquette skills when communicating with others.
- Routinely exemplifies CORE values.
- Assisted in training new coders to include cross-trained existing coders on surgery coding of multiple specialties.
- Proficient and cross-trained across multiple surgery coding areas.
Lead Sr. Coder
University of Texas -Houston/UTP
07.2006 - 01.2013
- Carefully watched and managed accounts on hold for missing information to ensure submission in a timely fashion while reducing the risk of claim rejections due to errors.
- Actively communicated and researched areas of concern with our billing company for process improvement.
- Assist in data entry of charges upon batch completion when necessary and trained to back up in multiple areas.
- Maintains Physician's knowledge on all aspects of acceptable documentation, while keeping them aware of areas and things they can do on their end to maximize their monetary benefits to include completing educational powerpoints for providers.
- Reviewed patient charts to better understand health histories, diagnoses, and treatments.
- Applied official coding conventions and rules from American Medical Association and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to assign diagnostic codes.
- Reviewed outpatient records and interpreted documentation to identify diagnoses and procedures.
- Interacted with physicians and other healthcare staff to ask questions regarding patient services.
- Utilized active listening, interpersonal, and telephone etiquette skills when communicating with others.
- Trained and mentored incoming coders to support growth and development and apply high-quality coding practices.
- Resourcefully used various coding books, procedure manuals, and on-line encoders.
- Fostered a positive work environment that promoted open dialogue among colleagues about best practices in coding techniques.
- Extensively trained across multiple specialties for a Level 1 Trauma center, Physician and Outpatient coding.
Education
CPC - Certified Professional Coder
MedVance Institute
Houston, TXCDEO - Certified Documentation Outpatient Expert
AAPC
2024
Skills
- Accounts Payable/Receivable
- Clinical Documentation
- HIPAA Compliance
- Multitasking Abilities
- Organizational Skills
- Team Collaboration
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Interpersonal Skills
- 3M Encoder
- Epic Systems
- Continuing education
- Multiple specialty coding
- Problem-solving abilities
- Provider Education
- Strategy and Work In Progress Reports
Timeline
Sr. Clinical Coding Specialist
MD Anderson - Medical Center
02.2013 - Current
Lead Sr. Coder
University of Texas -Houston/UTP
07.2006 - 01.2013
CPC - Certified Professional Coder
MedVance Institute
CDEO - Certified Documentation Outpatient Expert
AAPC
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