Medical Coder in the health Information field

Suresh Pagala, AAS, CCA

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Staten Island, NY 10312

718-***-**** ******@*****.***

Education:

Borough of Manhattan Community College – Manhattan, NY

Associate’s degree in Applied Science in Health Information Technology (HIT)

Graduated on 06/07/07

Licensed as a Certified Coding Associate

Clinical Internship for HIT

2007 Spring Semester- Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

- Specific skills:

Data entry

Filing charts.

Coded the inpatient and ambulatory charts.

Attended committee meetings.

2006 Summer Semester- Victory Memorial Hospital, Brooklyn, NY

- Specific skills:

Filing complete and incomplete charts.

Record analysis and assembly.

Processing chart requests.

Coding the inpatient and ambulatory charts.

Participated in quality assurance and Infection control meetings.

2007 Summer– Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

- Medical Coding Volunteer

Coding the inpatient and outpatient charts.

Work Experience

September 2008 to Present: Research Assistant, Geriatrics Division, Department of Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York

Design, maintain, and analyze clinical data of geriatric research study patients using SPSS statistical software

Use of American Health Ware to access diagnostic codes for the geriatric patients in clinical research studies.

Specific Skills:

Knowledge of ICD-9 and CPT-4 coding, Medical Terminology, Anatomy and Physiology.

Microsoft Office such as word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio (for flow charts), SPSS for frequency and statistical analysis (Chi-Square analysis)

Member of AHIMA since 2006

References:

Dr. Barbara Paris, Director of Geriatrics, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Email: ******@*************.*** Phone: 718-***-****

Dr. Melvyn Hecht, my supervisor in Geriatrics, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Email: *******@*************.*** Phone: 718-***-****

Lynda Carlson – HIT Program Director, BMCC, Email: ********@****.****.***

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