Betham Nikitha Nalini

Highly skilled Medical Coder with 8.5 Years of experience in accurately translating complex medical documentation into ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes. Proven ability to maintain high coding accuracy and productivity while adhering to strict compliance standards. Seeking a challenging role to leverage expertise in improving revenue cycle management and quality assurance.

• Assigning diagnostic and procedural codes to INPATIENT -DRG records using ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS.
• Maintaining confidential with regards to any information exchange or received in the current capacity of role in accordance with facility policy.
• Reviewing medical records and assigning accurate codes for diagnoses and procedures
• Assigning and sequencing codes accurately based on medical record documentation
• Participating in all team efforts as require
• Clarify with the clinicians and Physicians in the absence of the required documents, completion of the medical record or query for clarification of documentation.
• Managing all Inpatient coding. Evaluate all documents for diagnosis and procedures and code them into numeric form.
• Assuring patients confidentiality is of high priority and used as and when necessary.
• Communicate with doctors for any query regarding a diagnosis and cross verifying before assigning the appropriate codes.
• Use of Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) software to remote access the patient documents, also use Meditech software to assign diagnosis and procedure codes.
• Successfully participating in the Revenue cycle management thus making sure the company and employees are equally benefited.
• Actively participate in team meetings, company’s internal and external audits thus improving in the areas of individual and team performance, also taking forward the company’s goodwill.
• Complying with HIPAA privacy, security and GRIC policies of the company.