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Patricia Smentiwski
New Baltimore,MI
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Hardworking employee with customer service, multitasking, and time management abilities. Devoted to giving every customer a positive and memorable experience.
Committed job seeker with a history of meeting company needs with consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
Overview
41
41
years of professional experience
Work History
Indexing coding
Universal truckinh
Warren, MI
06.2000 - 05.2026
- Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Contributed innovative ideas and solutions to enhance team performance and outcomes.
- Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.
- Worked with cross-functional teams to achieve goals.
- Maintained updated knowledge through continuing education and advanced training.
Michigan medical coder
Cycare
Clinton, MI
06.1985 - 05.2000
- Reviewed and analyzed medical records for accurate coding compliance.
- Assigned appropriate codes using ICD-10 and CPT coding systems.
- Collaborated with healthcare providers to clarify patient information.
- Read through patient health data, histories, physician diagnoses and treatments to gain understanding for coding purposes.
- Applied coding rules established by American Medical Association and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for assignment of procedural codes.
- Assigned additional diagnosis codes based on specific clinical findings (laboratory, radiology and, pathology reports as well as clinical studies) in support of existing diagnoses.
- Verified accuracy of procedure codes to ensure proper reimbursement levels.
- Reviewed medical records for accuracy and compliance with coding standards.
- Assigned appropriate codes to diagnoses and procedures using ICD-10 and CPT guidelines.
- Collaborated with healthcare providers to clarify documentation and improve coding accuracy.
- Maintained current working knowledge of CPT and ICD-10 coding principles, government regulation, protocols and third-party billing requirements.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge of coding changes, updates, and new rules.
- Verified proper coding, sequencing of diagnoses, and accuracy of procedures.
- Reviewed patient medical records for accuracy, completeness and compliance with coding regulations.
Education
Warren High SchoolCommunity College
Warren, MISkills
- ICD-10 coding
- CPT coding
- medical record analysis
- coding compliance
Timeline
Indexing coding
Universal truckinh
06.2000 - 05.2026
Michigan medical coder
Cycare
06.1985 - 05.2000
Warren High SchoolCommunity College