Coding Representative - Medical I
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Quest Diagnostics
Palm Beach Gardens, FL, US
Summary
The role involves performing clerical functions and accurately applying CPT-4 and ICD-10 codes to pathology reports. Additionally, the representative will manage coding discrepancies related to payor denials and communicate effectively with internal departments.
Job Description
Coding Representative - Medical I - Monday to Friday, 7:00AM - 3:30PM Central
Pay range: $22+ per hour
Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, certifications obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered. Successful candidates may be eligible to receive annual performance bonus compensation.
Benefits information:
We are proud to offer best-in-class benefits and programs to support employees and their families in living healthy, happy lives. Our pay and benefit plans have been designed to promote employee health in all respects – physical, financial, and developmental. Depending on whether it is a part-time or full-time position, some of the benefits offered may include:
- Day 1 Medical, supplemental health, dental & vision for FT employees who work 30+ hours
- Best-in-class well-being programs
- Annual, no-cost health assessment program Blueprint for Wellness®
- healthyMINDS mental health program
- Vacation and Health/Flex Time
- 6 Holidays plus 1 "MyDay" off
- FinFit financial coaching and services
- 401(k) pre-tax and/or Roth IRA with company match up to 5% after 12 months of service
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Life and disability insurance, plus buy-up option
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Matching gifts program
- Education assistance through MyQuest for Education
- Career advancement opportunities
- and so much more!
Performs various clerical functions as requested by the manager or senior analysts.
Responsibilities
- Performs various clerical functions as requested by the supervisor or group lead
- Responsibilities include applying CPT-4 and ICD-10 codes by translating dictated pathology reports, in a timely and accurate manner
- Responds to accounts receivable department when coding discrepancies need reviewed due to payor denials
- Effectively communicates with superiors, peers, billing reps, and others, as appropriate, on regular basis, assuring proper flow of information
- Understand and follow all department and company SOP’s
- Perform special projects assigned by the manager
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- High School Diploma/GED (or higher)
- Active and unrestricted AAPC CPC license
- 2+ years of experience in medical coding
Preferred Qualifications:
- 2+ years of related work in billing or laboratory testing preferred
Soft Skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong problem solving and decision-making skills
- Strong time management skills
- Ability to work independently and on a team
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Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) empowers people to take action to improve health outcomes. Derived from the world's largest database of clinical lab results, our diagnostic insights reveal new avenues to identify and treat disease, inspire healthy behaviors and improve health care management. Quest annually serves one in three adult Americans and half the physicians and hospitals in the United States, and our 47,000 employees understand that, in the right hands and with the right context, our diagnostic insights can inspire actions that transform lives.
The company offers physicians the broadest test menu (3,000+ tests), is a pioneer in developing innovative new tests, is the leader in cancer diagnostics, provides anatomic pathology (AP) services, & interpretive consultation through its medical & scientific staff of about 900 M.D.s & Ph.D.s.
Quest Diagnostics offers the most extensive clinical testing network in the U.S., with laboratories in most major metropolitan areas, & in Mexico, the UK & India. The company also operates four esoteric laboratories, 40 outpatient AP laboratories, & 160 smaller, rapid-response laboratories.
Patients may have specimens collected in any of the company’s approximately 2,250 patient service centers. On a typical workday, testing is performed for about 550,000 patients.
The company is the leading provider of pre-employment drugs-of-abuse screening for employers & risk assessment services for the life insurance industry. It is the world’s 2nd largest provider of clinical trials testing for new pharmaceuticals.
More information is available at www.questdiagnostics.com. Image content features models and is intended for illustrative purposes only. May include AI-generated and/or AI-modified imagery.
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Founded
1967
Company size
10,001+ employees
Industry
Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories
Org type
Public Company
Headquarters
Secaucus, NJ
Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) empowers people to take action to improve health outcomes. Derived from the world's largest database of clinical lab results, our diagnostic insights reveal new avenues to identify and treat disease, inspire healthy behaviors and improve health care management. Quest annually serves one in three adult Americans and half the physicians and hospitals in the United States, and our 47,000 employees understand that, in the right hands and with the right context, our diagnostic insights can inspire actions that transform lives.
The company offers physicians the broadest test menu (3,000+ tests), is a pioneer in developing innovative new tests, is the leader in cancer diagnostics, provides anatomic pathology (AP) services, & interpretive consultation through its medical & scientific staff of about 900 M.D.s & Ph.D.s.
Quest Diagnostics offers the most extensive clinical testing network in the U.S., with laboratories in most major metropolitan areas, & in Mexico, the UK & India. The company also operates four esoteric laboratories, 40 outpatient AP laboratories, & 160 smaller, rapid-response laboratories.
Patients may have specimens collected in any of the company’s approximately 2,250 patient service centers. On a typical workday, testing is performed for about 550,000 patients.
The company is the leading provider of pre-employment drugs-of-abuse screening for employers & risk assessment services for the life insurance industry. It is the world’s 2nd largest provider of clinical trials testing for new pharmaceuticals.
More information is available at www.questdiagnostics.com. Image content features models and is intended for illustrative purposes only. May include AI-generated and/or AI-modified imagery.
Language Assistance / Non-Discrimination Notice
Asistencia de Idiomas / Aviso de no Discriminación
語言協助 / 不歧視通知
www.QuestDiagnostics.com/home/nondiscrimination
Founded
1967
Company size
10,001+ employees
Industry
Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories
Org type
Public Company
Headquarters
Secaucus, NJ