Health Info Coder

Venice Family Clinic is a leader in providing comprehensive, high-quality health care to people in need regardless of their ability to pay or personal circumstance. The organization has more than 500 staff who serve 45,000 people with compassion, dignity and respect across the Westside of Los Angeles, Inglewood, the South Bay and everywhere in between. We have a network of clinics, Early Head Start centers and mobile clinics plus an expansive street medicine program to reach people experiencing homelessness. Read more about us at venicefamilyclinic.org.

Seeking a Health Info Coder to join our Venice Family Clinic. Under the guidance and direction of the Revenue Cycle Director, the Health Info Coder will code diagnosis and procedures for a multi-specialty group.  

Key Duties include:

• Codes, diagnoses, and procedures for a multi-specialty group.  
• Utilize knowledge of AHA-Coding Clinic and AMA – CPT Assistant guidelines, medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and pathological basis of disease, documented treatment and procedures.  
• Assigns ICD-10 CM and CPT codes for patients receiving services at Venice Family Clinic.  
• Accurately processes outpatient claims to third party payers, following all mandated billing guidelines. 
• Provides quality control checks on paper claims; processes tracers, denials and related correspondence
• Initiates appeals; drafts, composes, and submits appeal letters specific to coding issues consistent with the most updated American Medical Association Current Procedural Terminology.  
• Identifies and reports any potential compliance risks and reimbursement opportunities to the Revenue Cycle Director.  
• Performing other duties, which may include computer operation using (Excel, Word, MS Office, 3M Coder), data entry and retrieval. 
• Assisting other areas as needed and on a daily basis

Note, may on occasion travel to our other locations within Los Angeles County to provide face-to-face training with providers.  

Salary Range: $50.48 - $66.58 hourly