RHIT · CCS · CIRCC
Leslie Collins
Outpatient QA Lead, Coding Solutions
Over 10 years coding, auditing, and educating in outpatient and ProFee settings—with deep specialty expertise in Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Same Day Surgery, and Emergency Department coding.
About Leslie
Specialty Expertise Driving Outpatient Coding Accuracy
Leslie Collins has over 10 years of experience coding, auditing, and educating in the outpatient facility and professional fee (ProFee) settings. She serves as an Outpatient Lead on Harmony's Coding Solutions team with a focus on outpatient and professional practice coding accuracy and compliance.
She has deep knowledge in Same Day Surgeries, Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Observation Visits, and Emergency Department Visits.
Professional Experience
- Serves as a Quality Lead for multiple teams of staffed outpatient coders—maintaining 95% coding accuracy rates through ongoing reviews and education
- Conducts external surgical coding quality reviews for multiple large healthcare systems, providing coding and documentation improvement feedback
- Acts as a subject matter expert in Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology coding, serving as a second-level reviewer for complicated cases
- Improves physician documentation and coding accuracy through compliance audits and physician/coder education for multiple large healthcare systems
- Performs coding and documentation reviews specializing in 'incident to' and 'split shared' coding, identifying trends and gaps for education
- Trains and educates outpatient coders of all levels on ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, E/M, and modifier reporting based on industry guidelines
- Analyzes and trends audit findings to develop coder remediation plans and education materials
- Coaches and mentors coders to continuously exceed target productivity and quality benchmark standards
