KAJA MOHAIDEEN CIC,CPC,CCS

• Oversees and leads workflow for the facilities including allocation, ensuring encounters completion, assisting other coders with coding clarification
• Monitor query process, physician response rate, CC/MCC Capture rate, and case mix index
• Prepare and submit monthly coding data to the hospital directors
• In coordination with the HIMS team responsible for the clinical documentation improvement initiatives in the HIMS department
• Orientation to new joiners of the coding department about the coding process at the facility
• Performs and facilitates retrospective inpatient coding and queries the physicians to ensure the diagnosis and procedures accurately reflect the care and treatment rendered to the patients
• Identifying gaps and opportunities in the clinical documentation process by conducting audits, and facilitating CDI education for providers.

Achievements:

• Successfully implemented physician query process in the facility by assisting in physician education, formatting query templates, and monitoring the process.

• worked along with the hospital quality department to improve key quality metrics to achieve JCI accreditation

• Performing an audit for coders, providing education to the coders, and analyzing audit data on their individual coder's performance
• Educate team regarding new coding updates and sharing client updates
• Participate in client calls and understand the quality requirements from a coding operation perspective and identify a method to achieve the quality targets and implement them in the operation team
• Provide inputs to the training team on quality data to enhance the training curriculum.

Achievements:

• Trained a batch of new coders on the coding process and client specification and helped them achieve coding accuracy

• Performed auditing for coders and provided education based on the client's guidelines
• Analyzing the error trend and performing the focus audit, process audit, and retro audits
• Training the coders with low accuracy percentages to meet the desired accuracy
• Responsible for interacting with the client every week to their concerns and feedback
• Performing ED medical records assigning CPT& ICD codes and maintaining accuracy.

Achievements:

• Awarded as best employee in the project

• Performing Lead coder responsibilities, Analyzing medical reports of patients, coding appropriate codes to all patient records by using ICD, HCPCS, and CPT
• Responsible for the workload distribution, conducting the refresher session between the audit team, and performing random audits for quality analysts.

Achievements:

• Awarded as Employee of the Year for quality

• Analyzing medical reports of patients, coding appropriate CPT and HCPCS procedures and ICD-9-CM diagnoses codes
• Performing Electronic Health Records (EHR) in different software's IDX, Citrix, and Encoder Pro expert
• Attended coding training on Anatomy and Physiology, pathology, general medicine, operative procedures, and emergency services.

Achievements:

• Attended coding training class, Passing out with an A Grade