Completes medical coding by: providing insight to others translating clinical information into coded data and entering appropriate codes for diagnoses, procedures, and other services rendered, following coding guidelines for the most current version of the International Classification of Diseases Clinical Modification (ICD-CM), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Level II for patient encounters, while maintaining own coding work; identifying and assigning appropriate codes for diagnoses, procedures, and other services rendered, and ensuring team members do the same; implementing process improvements for identifying and resolving coding issues through partnership with clinicians, department administration, and other coding staff based on review, coding guidelines, and queries or issues with practitioner-submitted medical codes to reduce denials and improve time to submission; and guiding others providing consultation to staff and care providers on all coding and documentation questions, and resolving complex issues. Contributes to data management and reporting by: facilitating strategy development for identifying and analyzing trends utilizing established documentation and coding criteria to support administrative planning and continuous improvement efforts; and using generated reports to recommend plan of action to leaders to correct discrepancies, prevent future coding errors, and improve coding operations.