My objective and goal as a medical coder is to always follow all guidelines in order to appropriately, consistently, and correctly code and bill out each and every patient's procedures and diagnoses in a timely manner, ensuring that all claims are billed with only the procedures that were performed and with only the diagnoses the patient actually has. Ability Summary Extrapolating pertinent information from hospital and in-office documentation in order to correctly code procedures and corresponding diagnosis codes. Ability to work with little or no supervision to get all work completed. 05/2018 - 10/2020 MEDICAL CODER COVENANT MEDICAL GROUP, Lubbock, TX Duties included: Reading through hospital notes and tests to see what was performed, assign the correct CPT codes to procedures performed, and ICD diagnosis codes. Assigning diagnosis codes to all office visits and in-office testing procedures. Assuring that all visits and procedures were billed with appropriate E&M codes according to documentation. 03/2007 - 05/2018 Medical coder Texas Cardiac Center, Lubbock, TX Duties included: Reading through hospital notes and tests to see what was performed, assign the correct CPT codes to procedures performed, and ICD diagnosis codes. Assigning diagnosis codes to all office visits and in-office testing procedures. Assuring that all visits and procedures were billed with appropriate E&M codes according to documentation. If needed, verifying insurance eligibility. If needed, obtain prior authorization for testing and for hospital procedures. 02/1999 - 03/2007 Transcriptionist Cardiologists of Lubbock, Lubbock, TX Duties included: Transcribing medical dictation for a group of six physicians from February 1999 to June 2000. At that time, I was asked to transfer to the coding department and begin coding and billing hospital charges.

Highlights:

• Billing
• Coding
• Documentation
• Email
• Insurance
• Transcribing