The main duty of a Medical Coder is assigning codes to medical procedures and diagnoses.
Other duties and responsibilities of a Medical Coder include:
Making sure that codes are assigned correctly and sequenced appropriately as per government and insurance regulations
Complying with medical coding guidelines and policies
Receiving and reviewing patients charts and documents for verification and accuracy
Following up and clarifying any information that is not clear to other staff members
Collecting information made by the Physician from different sources to prepare monthly reports
Implementing strategic procedures and choosing strategies and evaluation methods that provide correct results
Examining any medical malpractice that has been reported by analyzing and identifying the medical procedures, diagnoses or events that lead to the negligence
