Rebecca Lester
Covington,GA
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
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Team Leader - Medical Coding
Medusind
10.2020 - Current
- Improved medical coding accuracy by implementing ongoing training and auditing of both pre and post Coding.
- Performed pre/post billing audits of professional anesthesia charges.
- Enhanced overall team performance by providing constructive feedback, setting clear expectations, and consistently monitoring progress towards goals.
- Resourcefully used various coding books, procedure manuals, and on-line encoders.
- Applied official coding conventions and rules from American Medical Association and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to assign diagnostic codes and CPT/ASA codes.
- Communicated with A/R team to research and resolved coding discrepancies.
- Reviewed outpatient/IP and ASC records and interpreted documentation to identify diagnoses and procedures.
- Reviewed patient charts to better understand health histories, diagnoses, and treatments, to successfully capture Medical Necessity per state LCD policy.
- Performed on-site and Global coding audits to determine accuracy and compliance with coding guidelines.
- Verified signatures , Anesthesia Case times, Mode of anesthesia and checked medical charts for accuracy and completion.
- Assisted in training new staff on company policy's and different location nuances, in order to properly code and billing anesthesia claims.
Anesthesia Coding Auditing Manager
Jackson Revenue Systems
04.2012 - 07.2020
- Increased team productivity by implementing streamlined processes and effective communication strategies.
- Achieved departmental goals by developing and executing strategic plans and performance metrics.
- Mentored junior team members for career advancement, through training process for production coding to anesthesia coding auditors.
- Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes, to include month end/year end close.
- Assisted in daily professional anesthesia coding and auditing functions. To include CPT/ASA capture along with ICD-10 coding.
- Evaluated employee performance and conveyed constructive feedback to improve skills.
- Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members. Running daily reports to see where deficiency's appeared in either on site coding team or Global Coding team.
- Promoted from production coder, to anesthesia auditor to Coding auditing manager,
Education
No Degree - Anatomy And Physiology/Medical Terminology
Chattahoochee Technical College
Marietta, GA02.2005
Skills
- Team Management
- Active Listening
- Time Management
- CPT /ASA Knowledge
- Expert Medical Coding
- Epic Systems
- Certified Professional Coder
- Multitasking
- Medical Terminology Mastery
- Critical Thinking
- ICD-10 Proficiency
- Coding Error Resolution
Certification
- CPC - Certified Professional Coder
Timeline
Team Leader - Medical Coding
Medusind
10.2020 - Current
Anesthesia Coding Auditing Manager
Jackson Revenue Systems
04.2012 - 07.2020
No Degree - Anatomy And Physiology/Medical Terminology
Chattahoochee Technical College
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