Medical coders work for healthcare facilities where they convert patients’ information to standardized codes, which are used on documentation for healthcare insurance claims and for databases. Job responsibilities of a Medical and Dental Coders may include:

• Assisting practitioners to receive reimbursement from healthcare insurance companies.
• Extracting relevant information from patient records.
• Liaising with physicians and other parties to clarify information.
• Examining documents for missing information.
• Assigning CPT, HCPCS, ICD-10-CM
• Ensuring documents are grammatically correct and free from typing errors.
• Performing chart audits.
• Advising and training physicians and staff on medical coding.
• Informing supervisor of issues with equipment and computer program.
• Ensuring compliance with medical coding policies and guidelines.