Coder, Inpatient
About The Position
Welcome to Ovation Healthcare! At Ovation Healthcare, we’ve been making local healthcare better for more than 40 years. Our mission is to strengthen independent community healthcare. We provide independent hospitals and health systems with the support, guidance and tech-enabled shared services needed to remain strong and viable. With a strong sense of purpose and commitment to operating excellence, we help rural healthcare providers fulfill their missions. The Ovation Healthcare difference is the extraordinary combination of operations experience and consulting guidance that fulfills our mission of creating a sustainable future for healthcare organizations. Ovation Healthcare's vision is to be a dynamic, integrated professional services company delivering innovative and executable solutions through experience and thought leadership, while valuing trust, respect, and customer focused behavior. We’re looking for talented, motivated professionals with a desire to help independent hospitals thrive. Working with Ovation Healthcare you will have the opportunity to collaborate with highly skilled subject matter specialists and operations executives, in a collegial atmosphere of professionalism and teamwork. Ovation Healthcare's corporate headquarters is located in Brentwood, TN. For more information, visit https://ovationhc.com. Summary: Ovation Healthcare seeks Facility Inpatient coders with at least three years of experience. The Inpatient Coder will be responsible for reviewing hospital patient medical records and assigning accurate diagnostic or procedural codes (ICD-10-CM/PCS, DRGs) to ensure proper reimbursement, accurate data for reporting, and compliance with healthcare regulations.
Requirements
- Inpatient medical and surgical coding experience, including complicated procedures.
- Experience coding for trauma centers and teaching facilities.
- Ability to pass a coding assessment.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Outlook, and Teams.
- Ability to multi-task and excellent communication skills.
- Maintain a 95% QA accuracy rate and meet production expectations.
- Ability to apply official coding guidelines and Coding Clinics.
- Experience working in a remote environment.
- AHIMA/AAPC Credentials
- Three or more years of Coding experience
Responsibilities
- Apply appropriate coding classification standards and guidelines to medical record documentation for accurate coding.
- Submit necessary provider queries to resolve documentation discrepancies.
- Perform quality assessment of records, including verification of medical record documentation.
- Responsible for researching errors or missing documentation from medical records to provide accurate coding processes.
- Abstracts and assigns the appropriate ICD-10-CM/PCS codes for all diagnoses and procedures performed in the outpatient and inpatient settings as applicable.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long-term disability coverage
- HSA with employer contributions, flexible spending accounts for health care, and dependent care accounts
- Wellness platform with premium incentives
- Employee assistance support and additional voluntary supplemental plans including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and child disability insurance
- Robust and flexible paid time off offerings and company paid holidays
- 401(k) plan with discretionary employer match opportunities
- Professional development opportunities
- Company issued equipment
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
