Medical Coder

Medical Coding Specialist

Responsibilities

• The duties and responsibilities of a Medical Coder vary from one healthcare

facility to another. The main duty of a Medical Coder is assigning codes to

medical procedures and diagnoses.

• 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