em2177
Expert
Hello everyone, I was just wondering if you can help me put together a list of why it is important for me as a "certified coder" to go out and perform HCC chart reviews. My employer is changing things around for me and wants our Marketing Dept to go out and scan all the patient notes from the chartandbring them back to me for review. My problem with this is who will educate the physicians if there is a problem with the documentation? Our Marketing Dept knows nothing about coding and I have a problem with this. They say they want to save me a trip to the physician offices and want to keep me in the office to perform data entry which does not include anycoding. I will be staying in the office to input copays for the different health plans. What a waste of a coder's time in my opinion. I certainly am thankful for having a job but I think that they dont realize the importance of a chart review and its purpose!!!