Cheryl Bohn

Castle Family Health Centers

08.2000 - Current

Maintain accuracy, completeness, and security for medical records and health information.
File records in alphabetic and numeric order.
Interact with physicians and other healthcare staff to ask questions regarding patient services.
Research and resolve medical record discrepancies.
Communicate effectively with staff, and patients in person, by email and telephone.
Review outpatient records and interpret documentation to identify diagnoses and procedures.
Utilize active listening, interpersonal, and telephone etiquette skills when communicating with others.
Apply official coding conventions and rules from American Medical Association and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to assign diagnostic codes.
Resourcefully use various coding books, procedure manuals, and on-line encoders.
Correctly code medical claims for clinics and ancillary service visits.
Review, analyze, and manage coding of diagnostic and treatment procedures contained in outpatient medical records.
Monitor changes in coding regulations to provide recommendations for compliance.
Utilize electronic medical record systems to store, retrieve and process patient data.
Scan and upload medical records into electronic medical records system.
Review patient charts to better understand health histories, diagnoses, and treatments.