Olga Lucia Cardenas
Rochester,NY
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.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
CPC OUTPATIENT MEDICAL CODER
Rochester Regional Health System
07.2009 - Current
- Applied official coding conventions and rules from American Medical Association and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to assign diagnostic codes.
- Resourcefully used various coding books, procedure manuals, and on-line encoders.
- Communicated with insurance companies to research and resolved coding discrepancies.
- Reviewed, analyzed, and managed coding of diagnostic and treatment procedures contained in outpatient medical records.
- Communicated effectively with staff, patients, and insurance companies by email and telephone.
- Verified signatures and checked medical charts for accuracy and completion.
- Performed on-site coding audits to determine accuracy and compliance with coding guidelines.
- Reviewed patient charts to better understand health histories, diagnoses, and treatments.
- Monitored changes in coding regulations to provide recommendations for compliance.
- Interacted with physicians and other healthcare staff to ask questions regarding patient services.
Education
Paralegal
Florida Metropolitan
Orlando FloridaComputer Training And Career Seminar
Westchester Community College
Ossining, NY12.2003
No Degree - CPC MEDICAL CODER
AAPC CERTIFICATION
Utah09.2017
Skills
- Financial Assistance
- Outpatient Procedures
- Data Security Procedures
- Data Verification
- Coverage Determination
- Reviewing Patient Information
- Patient Data Identification
- CPT Code Modifiers
- Data Entry
- Payment Processing
- Medical Claims Coding
- ICD-10 (International Classification of Disease Systems)
- Data Abstraction
- Procedural Codes
- Coding Appeals
- Code Assignment Research
- EMR Systems
- ICD-10 Requirements
- Customer Experience
- Medical Billing and Coding
- Medical Billing Code Accuracy
- Clerical Support
- Inpatient Coding
- Workers' Compensation Forms
- Visual Field Tests
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
CPC OUTPATIENT MEDICAL CODER
Rochester Regional Health System
07.2009 - Current
Paralegal
Florida Metropolitan
Computer Training And Career Seminar
Westchester Community College
No Degree - CPC MEDICAL CODER
AAPC CERTIFICATION
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