Mary Tarrant
UnityPoint Health - Corporate
Pekin,IL
1
Certification
12
years of professional experience
Experienced Certified Professional Coder specializing in outpatient surgery coding, including GI, GU, and cardiac procedures. Demonstrates strong skills in electronic health records navigation, critical thinking, and thorough case research to ensure regulatory compliance.
Work History
Certified Professional Coder
2 Years 4 Months- Analyze and code medical records using ICD-10, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards in outpatient surgeries including GI, GU, OBGYN, orthopedics, ophthalmology, cardiac cath procedures and interventional radiology.
- Maintain strict confidentiality by adhering to HIPAA guidelines and ensuring sensitive patient information is protected at all times.
- Conduct thorough research on complex cases, applying advanced knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology to accurately assign codes as needed.
Certified Professional Coder
3 Months- Analyzed and coded medical records using ICD-10 and CPT-4 ensuring compliance with regulatory standards specializing in Same Day Surgery, Cardiac Cath procedures and Interventional Radiology.
- Reviewed, analyzed, and managed coding of diagnostic and treatment procedures contained in outpatient medical records.
- Introduced to Single Path coding.
Certified Professional Coder
5 Years 2 Months- Analyzed and coded medical records using ICD-10, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
- Maintained strict confidentiality by adhering to HIPAA guidelines and ensuring sensitive patient information was protected at all times.
- Conducted thorough research on complex cases, applying advanced knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology to accurately assign codes as needed.
Certified Professional Coder
3 Years 7 Months- Coded outpatient surgery, observation, ER, and physical therapy accounts, ensuring accurate application of ICD-10 and CPT-4 for optimal reimbursement.
- Managed charge capture for injections and transfusions to ensure accurate billing on ER and observation accounts.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Speech Pathology And Audiology
Skills
CPT and ICD-10 proficiency
Epic EHR navigation
Obstetrics and gynecology coding
Cardiac and radiology coding
Surgical specialty coding
HIPAA compliance awareness
Medical terminology
Outpatient coding
Dental coding
Certification
- CPC - Certified Professional Coder
Timeline
Certified Professional Coder
UnityPoint Health - Corporate
04.2024 - CurrentRead More
Certified Professional Coder
Carle Health
12.2023 - 03.2024Read More
Certified Professional Coder
UnityPoint Health - Corporate
09.2018 - 11.2023Read More
Certified Professional Coder
Pekin Hospital
01.2015 - 08.2018Read More
Illinois State University
Bachelor of Science from Speech Pathology And Audiology
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