Peter Chukwurah

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Phone: 919-***-**** Raleigh, NC 27610 acd2zi@r.postjobfree.com

Summary: Certified medical information management professional with skills and knowledge in

coding, electronic medical record, release of information, quality management, health

statistics/research, with proven capabilities in oral and written communication, as well as ability

to work independently. Has the skill to use MS Word, Excel, Power-Point, and Access.

Experience

Medical Coder II

Duke University Medical Center, (via Grace Fed. Solutions Agency) ? Nov 05, 2013 ? to date.

Responsible for reviewing medical records of patients assigned to specific physicians in the OR

Dept. Extracting and coding from the operative report, all applicable diagnoses and procedures;

ensuring all compliance modifiers and action codes are appended correctly for billing purposes. All

transactions in EPIC (Maestro Care) environment. Also, uses Excel to pull weekly status report for

each physician assigned to me.

HIM Assistant

UNC Health Care ? April 2013 ? Nov 04, 2013 (7 months)

Responsible for prepping, scanning, and indexing of batched medical records, using HIM

Capture Sovera software; doing quality assurance, using the WebCIS. Customer service: taking

calls from the patients/public regarding their medical information and assisting them accordingly.

On designated days, pickup discharged patients? charts from Nurse Stations.

Volunteer, Ancillary Coding/Medical Records Depts.

UNC Healthcare ? October 2012 ? April 2013 (7 months)

Volunteered on alternate days between the departments. In Ancillary Coding, was responsible

for reconciling HL7 printout of omitted codes from patients? charts. Used the APC Pro

application to compare each printout before updating the patient?s record with the use of the

A2K application. This process ensures completeness of patients? records. In Medical Records

Department, I was responsible for prepping, scanning, and indexing medical records, using HIM

Capture Sovera software, and doing quality assurance through the WebCIS.

Volunteer, Performance Improvement and Patient Safety Dept.

UNC Health Care ? September 2012 ? October 2012 (2 months)

Responsible for collating data and producing statistical analysis with the use of Excel to

demonstrate any improvement or otherwise in performance by the clinical personnel.

Skills and Expertise

Medical Coding, Quality Assurance, Medical Records, Release of Medical Information, EMR,

Data Analysis, Patient Safety, Access, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word,

Management, Customer Service, Team Building

Education

East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Health Information/Health Services Management ? 2010 ? 2012

RHIA Credentialed - Sept. 2012

ICD-10-CM/PCS Ready

Wake Technical Community College, Raleigh, NC

2008 - 2010

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