I work for a large multispecialty practice. We have 22 surgeons (orthopaedic), 2 PM&R, 1 Rheumatologist, 9 physician's assistants, 1 retired orthopedic surgeon (he no longer performs surgery but does see patient's in the office).
We have 2 certified coders. Our responsibilites include coding all surgeries (scheduled and on call) by the operative report and entering the charges, code and enter infusion therapy charges, enter ESI/FACET injection charges. We also pre-code surgical procedures, we are responsible for all charge entry corrections. We have to assist our collection department with appeals. We are also responsbile for updating payer policies. We are also responsible for E&M audits.
I feel we need more certified coders but I wanted some input from my peers.
How large is your practice and how many coders to you employ?
Do you have the same/less or more responsibilites than we do?
Thanks in advance for the feed back.
We have 2 certified coders. Our responsibilites include coding all surgeries (scheduled and on call) by the operative report and entering the charges, code and enter infusion therapy charges, enter ESI/FACET injection charges. We also pre-code surgical procedures, we are responsible for all charge entry corrections. We have to assist our collection department with appeals. We are also responsbile for updating payer policies. We are also responsible for E&M audits.
I feel we need more certified coders but I wanted some input from my peers.
How large is your practice and how many coders to you employ?
Do you have the same/less or more responsibilites than we do?
Thanks in advance for the feed back.