Coder Trainee

**Reports to**:Coding Manager

**Responsibilities**:

- Verify LCD/NCD information as appropriate
- Utilize NCCI edits, AMA CPT Assistant, AHA Coding Clinic, and other resources as needed
- Initiate physician queries as needed
- Escalate coding/documentation problems when appropriate
- Participate in ongoing coding education
- Perform other related duties as required/assigned
- Other responsibilities as assigned

**Requirements**:
**Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Education**:

- Coding certification
- Extensive knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Flexibility to assume new tasks or assignments as needed

**Preferred Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Education**:

- Outpatient surgical coding
- University certificate in healthcare related field
- 2+ years Ambulatory Surgical Center coding experience

**Physical Demands**
- Sitting and typing for an extended period of time
- Reading from a computer screen for an extended period of time
- Speaking and listening on a telephone
- COVID-19 vaccination required

**Key Competencies**:

- Job Knowledge/Technical Knowledge
- Productivity
- Initiative/Execution
- Flexibility
- Quality Control

If working remotely: The minimum bandwidth requirements are 2 Mbps upload and 2 Mbps download speeds. The recommended bandwidth requirements are 10 Mbps upload and 30 Mbps download speeds.

**About Surgical Notes**

Surgical Notes is the premier ASC revenue cycle management and billing services partner. Our expert teams with ASC-specific experience provide scalable billing, transcription, coding, and document management services and solutions that fully integrate with all leading ASC practice management systems. The largest management companies and hundreds of ASCs that partner with Surgical Notes experience and benefit from immediate operational and financial improvements that exceed industry performance levels.

Surgical Notes is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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