This is a remote position.
Seeking Inpatient Coding Specialist with minimum of 5 years Inpatient coding experience in mid-large acute care facilities.
- Reviews and accurately interprets medical record documentation from all hospital accounts in order to identify all diagnosis and procedures that affect the current inpatient stay or outpatient encounter and assigns the appropriate ICD CM, ICD PCS, CPT, or modifier codes for each diagnosis and procedure that is identified (inpatient and IRAD).
- Codes highly complex patient classes (inpatient and IRAD).
- Ensures appropriate MS-DRG assignment based on accurate ICD CM and ICD PCS coding assignment and medical record documentation.
- Assures that quality and timely coding, charging and abstraction of accounts are completed daily for assigned specialty areas.
- Maintains and enhances current levels of coding knowledge through quality review, attendance and participation at clinical in-services and coding seminars, internal meetings, study of circulating reference materials, and
- Assures the accuracy, quality, and timely review of data needed to obtain a clean bill.
- Contacts physicians or any persons necessary to obtain information required to accurately code assignments. Works and communicates with other offices in any manner necessary to facilitate the billing process.
Requirements
- Certification in one of the following : RHIT, RHIA, CCS, COC-A, COC, Formerly CPC-H, or CIC.
- Three (3) years of hospital inpatient coding or interventional radiology (IRAD) hospital coding experience.
Benefits
Full-time remote with excellent benefits with competitive compensation
30+ days ago