Job Summary
Assigns appropriate ICD and CPT codes for reimbursement and statistical purposes. Follows ICD, CPT, CMS, and other regulatory coding guidelines.
Abstracts clinical information from medical records for complete and accurate statistical documentation.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Education : High School Diploma or Equivalent
Minimum Years of Experience : 3 Years of Experience in Facility Coding Covering Multiple Services (Combination of DRG and OP Services or Multiple OP Services), which they successfully met quality and productivity standards.
Substitutable Education & Experience (Optional) : None.
Required Certifications / Licensure : At least one active certification (RHIA / RHIT / / CCS / CCS-P / / CPC / CPC-H / COC / / CIC)
- Required Training : Experience working in a combination of the following areas : ED, OPS, or IP;
- Completion of courses in Anatomy, Physiology, and Medical Terminology;
- Must be computer literate and have experience with Microsoft applications (i.e., Word, Excel, Outlook);
Experience with electronic health records software.
Essential Functions
- Reviews and interprets facility inpatient and outpatient medical documentation to accurately assign ICD and CPT codes for reimbursement and statistical purposes.
- Abstracts information into computer for reimbursement and statistical purposes.
- Researches and stay current with trends in healthcare coding and compliance.
- Keeps department manager up to date with any coding or documentation issues.
- Must work independently and collaboratively to support the achievement of department People, Quality, Finance, and Service goals as well as organizational goals.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Works as a team with physicians, coding staff and other hospital personnel to ensure proper and accurate code assignment and continuous quality improvement.
- Reports to work in a timely manner and adheres to attendance policies. Conscientious of scheduling time off in advance so as not to interfere dramatically with coding turnaround times.
- Other duties may include :
a. Review of Daily Medical Necessity Report
b. Assisting Coding Manager with supervision of Clinical Affiliations
Performs all other duties as assigned.
We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our employees and their families :
- Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
- Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
- Employer paid life insurance equal to 1x salary
- Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
- Adoption assistance
- LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student loan forgiveness
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