Jaya Lakshmi

I am a MSc graduate specialized in Biochemistry integrated with life science studies from University of Madras, Chennai at Bharathi Women's College, Chennai, India. Presently, I am working for an American based Health Solution in Hyderabad, India as a Quality Associate in Medical coding.

I have a keen interest in pursuing my career in abroad, and am confident that I possess both the coding and auditing excellence necessary to succeed in the field. Over the past ten (10) years, I gained a great experience in Revenue Cycle Management. My assignments, training and projects ranged from Healthcare to Insurance management to the Principles/Health Solution support with wider knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Disease processes, Medical Terminology and Standard Industry Coding Guidelines.

I have always taken or been asked to accept additional responsibilities which reflect in my work ethic and skills.

Outpatient medical billing and coding specialist with ICD-10 and CPT coding expertise. Familiar with commercial and private insurance carriers. Seeks a position of increased responsibility and authority.

• Evaluated the accuracy of provider charges, including dates of service, procedures, level of care, locations, diagnoses, patient identification, and provider signature.
• Assisted the departments with effectively collecting all information that need to be inputted each day.
• Responsible for coordinating the verification, precertification and preregistration for all scheduled outpatient services Balanced and closed all charge and payment batches by the end of day.
• Audited charts for Pain management, Cardio surgery, General surgery, Orthopaedic surgeon, Urology and Gastro enterology.
• Ancillary coding for General Surgery Made sure that E/M levels and modifiers, ICD-10 codes were correct according to the documentation.
• Followed the 1995 guidelines Op notes were audited to make sure the correct CPT codes were captured.
• Performed qualitative analysis of records to ensure accuracy, internal consistency and correlation of recorded data.
• Accurately selected the proper descriptive code when more than one anatomical location was indicated.

MSc Biochemistry

CCS/CPC