Inpatient Coder

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Responsibilities

• Interacts and communicates effectively with members of the coding team and the appropriate stakeholders.
• Participates and provides good feedback during coding section meetings and coding education inservices as well as takes initiative to assist others and shares knowledge with the appropriate stakeholders.
• Responds promptly to internal and external customer requests. Responds promptly and appropriately to requests to code or review coded accounts for accuracy.
• Initiates queries with physicians to obtain or clarify diagnoses and / or procedures as appropriate, utilizing the established physician query process.
• Maintains and achieves the highest standards of coding quality by assigning accurate / ICD-10-CM / ICD-10-PCS codes utilizing an electronic encoder application in accordance with hospital policy and regulatory body guidelines.
• Maintains and achieves department standards of abstracting quality by reviewing accurate discharge disposition entered by nursing and corrects if necessary in order to achieve the highest quality of entered data. Assigns and enters physician identification number and procedure date correctly in the medical record abstracting system.
• Reviews medical record documentation and abstracts data into the encoder and EPIC / Electronic Health Record (EHR) to determine principal or final diagnosis, co-morbid conditions and complications, secondary conditions and procedures. Utilizes all tools / resources for accuracy.
• Complies with the Standards of Ethical Coding as set forth by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and adheres to official guidelines.

Education

Work Experience

Licenses And Certifications - Required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Supplemental Requirements

Work Attire

On-Call

Travel

Houston Methodist is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

From the employer experience, Seniority level : Entry level; Employment type : Full-time; Job function : Health Care Provider; Industries : Hospitals and Health Care.

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