Acute Care Inpatient Coding Specialist

HCA Healthcare • Nashville, TN

71d • Remote

About The Position

As an Inpatient Coding Specialist with Work from Home, you will review and evaluate hospital inpatient medical record documentation to assign, sequence, edit, and/or validate the appropriate ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes. You will perform coding and/or code/DRG validation across multiple entities. This position is a fully work from home position with a flexible schedule offered. Sign-on bonus eligible!

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in HIM/HIT preferred.
• 2+ years of acute care hospital inpatient coding required.
• RHIA, RHIT or CCS strongly preferred.
• High School graduate or GED equivalent required.

Responsibilities

• Assigns, sequences, validates, and/or edits codes/DRGs and abstracted data for inpatient records for multiple facilities using ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS.
• Diagnosis description with appropriate 3-7 digit code assignment with corresponding Present On Admission (POA).
• Procedure description with appropriate 7 digit ICD-10-PCS code, date, and surgeon.
• Admitting Diagnosis.
• Discharge disposition.
• Completes the coding portion of the IRF-PAI where applicable.
• Maintains or exceeds established accuracy standards.
• Maintains or exceeds established productivity standards.
• Utilizes the complete patient medical record documentation in code/DRG assignment, validation, and/or editing of codes/DRGs.
• Initiates, reviews, and/or edits physician queries in compliance with Company and HSC policy where appropriate.
• May periodically be asked to perform Coding Account Resolution Specialist III (CARS III) duties.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing.
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock.
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more.
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts.
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships.
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships).
• Colleague recognition program.
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence).
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Associate degree