Professional Fee Coder I
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Job posting number: #7310420 (Ref:22528-en_US)
Posted: June 12, 2025
Job Description
Summary
Assists in maximizing the revenue for a Baylor College of Medicine department by completely capturing and accurately documenting physician, professional, and departmental charges to ensure submission of clean insurance claims, as well as accurate patient statements. Assists with physician office account collections activities.
Job Duties
- Prepares patient charging information in compliance with national standards and other medical agency guidelines.
- Accurately abstracts from operative reports, medical records, and physician's daily activity logs.
- Reviews and resolves all charges prior to submission.
- Captures all departmental billing via established reconciliation processes.
- Participates in physician education regarding coding and billing topics.
- Assigns ICD-10 CMand CPT codes to charge documents.
- Reviews Epic and Optum Claims manager edits for coding corrections.
- Batch charge documents.
- Performs other job related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED.
- No experience required.
- Certified Professional Coder (CPC). Certification must be obtained within one year of hire or promotion.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
Baylor College of Medicine fosters diversity among its students, trainees, faculty and staff as a prerequisite to accomplishing our institutional mission, and setting standards for excellence in training healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, promoting scientific innovation, and providing patient-centered care. - Diversity, respect, and inclusiveness create an environment that is conducive to academic excellence, and strengthens our institution by increasing talent, encouraging creativity, and ensuring a broader perspective. - Diversity helps position Baylor to reduce disparities in health and healthcare access and to better address the needs of the community we serve. - Baylor is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, trainees, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds by providing a welcoming, supportive learning environment for all members of the Baylor community.
