Yalanda Beard
Dublin
Summary
Knowledgeable Certified Professional Coder and Auditor with seven years experience. Highly skilled in reviewing patients' charts, abstracting medical codes by ensuring accuracy while maintaining 95% score, also correcting and educating person. Organized, dependable, and remote working experience candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Medical Records Technician Coder
South Texas Veterans Health Care System
09.2019 - Current
- Abstracting documented patient care encounters (inpatient or outpatient) covering the full range of health care services
- Corrects any identified data errors or inconsistencies in a timely manner.
- Applies codes based on guidelines specific to certain diagnoses, and procedures.
- Expertly searches patients' record to find documentation justifying code assignment based on expanded knowledge
- Reports incorrect documentation or codes in the electronic patient health record
- Utilizes the facility computer system and software applications to correctly code, abstract, and transmit data to national VA database
- Accurately perform the full scope of outpatient coding including ambulatory surgical cases, diagnostic studies and procedures
- Working with 3M encoder
- Performs within a team environment, supports peers in meeting goals and deadlines
- Using and applying VA guidelines
- Maintain 95% accuracy.
Registar (PRN)
Fairview Park Hospital (Parallon)
05.2019 - 03.2021
- Ensure charts are completed and accurate
- Verify all insurance and obtain pre-certification/authorization
- Work with physician offices and ancillary departments, providing information when necessary or forwarding relevant documents
- Assign correct ICD-10 and CPT codes to appropriate admission.
Certified Professional Coder
Optum (Remote)
04.2019 - 09.2019
- Maintained accuracy, completeness and security for medical records and health information
- Reports incorrect documentation or codes in electronic patient health record
- Insures provider documentation is complete and supports diagnoses and procedures coded
- Reviewed and abstracted correct codes for correct encounter in EMR system
- Utilized various applications on day to day basic
- Maintained a 95% accuracy rate.
Certificated Medical Assistant/Certified Professional Coder
Medical Center LLP
09.2009 - 04.2019
- Reviewed patient encounter documentation to abstract medical, and surgical codes
- Communicated with insurance companies to research and resolved coding discrepancies
- Insures provider documentation is complete and supports diagnoses and procedures coded
- Utilized EMR computer system and software applications to correctly code, abstract, record, and transmit data
- Auditing providers' documentation
- Worked with physicians for clarification and conflicting documentation.
Education
Associate of Arts Medical Insurance Coding And Billing/Medical Asst. -
Oconee Fall Line Technical College
Sandersville, GASkills
- Medical billing and coding
- Medical record assessment
- Medical terminology
- Encoder software
- CPRS,VIRR,VERA
- ICD-10-CM
- CPT
- Auditing
Certification
- Certified Professional Coder (AAPC)
- Certified Risk Adjustment Coder (AAPC)
- Certified Professional Auditor (AAPC)
References
- Bernia Blout, CPC,CPMA,CRC, 478-464-4189
- Lisa Hodges, CPC,CPMA,CRC, 478-290-4085
- Angie Tanner, CPC, 478-290-3822
Timeline
Medical Records Technician Coder
South Texas Veterans Health Care System
09.2019 - Current
Registar (PRN)
Fairview Park Hospital (Parallon)
05.2019 - 03.2021
Certified Professional Coder
Optum (Remote)
04.2019 - 09.2019
Certificated Medical Assistant/Certified Professional Coder
Medical Center LLP
09.2009 - 04.2019
Associate of Arts Medical Insurance Coding And Billing/Medical Asst. -
Oconee Fall Line Technical College
- Certified Professional Coder (AAPC)
- Certified Risk Adjustment Coder (AAPC)
- Certified Professional Auditor (AAPC)
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