Lucero Valdez, CPC-A, CNA.

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Professional Profile Certified Coder and Nurse Assistant, with strong attention to detail and patient focused care. Proven history of superior performance at individual, independent, and team organization levels. Focused on bringing my medical background and knowledge to a medical coding position.

CPT, HCPCS, ICD 10

Proficient in Epic

Electronic Health Records

Data Entry

HIPPA

Strong ability to multitask and prioritize

workloads

Ability to work independently and with a

team

Organizational and analytic skills

Bilingual, fluent in Spanish

Patient Scheduling

Professional

Experience

Edward Hospital-Patient Care Technician ED

• Monitor track and convey important information to the health care staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery

• Manage the nurse station including answering the phones and sending pages

• Support patient admissions, discharges, and transfers to promote team efficiency

• Perform CPR during active codes

• Assisting in conscious sedatives

• Splint and casting and provide crutch training

• Answer call lights and support comfort and safety

• Offer immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care

• Evaluate patient to identify and address wounds behavioral concerns and medically

relevant symptoms

• Maximize patient satisfaction by helping individuals carry out personal tasks

• Obtain patient vital signs and reported results to staff nurse of physicians, noting changes from prior measurements

• Respond to patient emergencies with immediate care and notified clinicians to provide comprehensive assistance

• Maintain general stock supply in storage areas

• Interact effectively with patients, families, staff, and other hospital department staff to deliver

high level of customer service and teamwork

• Appropriate documentation of electronic health records Suburban Healthcare- Medical Assistant Primary Care Facility

• Reception

• Scheduled appointments

• Medical Billing and Coding

• Verification of health benefits

• Submitted prior authorization requests and getting approval for benefits

• Assessed patients and taking vitals

• Administration of vaccines IM

• Tests performed in the office EKG, Peak Flow, PFT, Spirometer, PHQ9, Urinalysis, A1C, HCG, and Visual Acuity

Midwest Institute for Minimally Invasive Therapies- Medical Assistant

• Assessed patients and take vitals

• Assisted in minimally invasive therapies

• Autoclaved surgical tools

• Prepped operating rooms while maintaining a sterile field

• Prepped patients while maintaining a sterile field for minimally invasive therapies

• Provided postoperative care for patients and postoperative education for patients

• Obtained approvals for minimally invasive therapies

• Documented procedures, assigned appropriate diagnosis and CPT codes

Work History Edward Hospital, Naperville IL. May 2019-Present Patient Care Technician ED

Suburban Healthcare, Plainfield IL. January 2013 to August 2019 Medical Assistant Primary Care Facility

Midwest Institute for Minimally Invasive Therapies, Melrose Park IL. April 2012 to December 2012

Medical Assistant

Education CPC-Certified Professional Coder, AAPC 2020 CNA-Certified Nurse Assistant, 2010

References References available upon request.

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