Coding & Documentation Coordinator

Emory Healthcare•Tucker, GA

About The Position

By facility and/or patient type, a Coding and Documentation Coordinator within the Health Information Management Department will perform tasks and activities under the direction of the facility Coding Manager. Those tasks and activities include but are not limited to the following: distribution of uncoded patient encounters to employed and contract coding resources for final coding; ongoing training of coders and vendor support staff on the accurate coding of patient encounters according to patient type and/or facility specific coding guidelines. Trains coders and vendor support staff on use of the Emory electronic health record (EeMR) Monitors work distributed to coders and contract vendors for compliance with Emory turn-around time (TAT) standards; Monitors flagged records (reviewed but not coded) for readiness to code and returns records to coders as appropriate Maintains ongoing communications via email and telephone calls with Coding Contract Account Managers re coding quality, productivity and , TAT Works with physicians, mid-level staff and clinical departments re: complete patient documentation for coding of patient encounters; performs intermittent quality reviews for coding accuracy and reports findings to appropriate internal and vendor resources Makes patient type changes and admit or discharge date revisions in the coding/abstracting system Hndles registration issues including requests to Making Data Healthy Handles requests for coding and/or billing edit review from coders working billing edits or Patient Financial Services Performs follow up on issues re aging uncoded patient encounters Provides coverage for coworkers as needed; codes patient encounters as needed.

Requirements

Post high-school education necessary to complete programs in health record technology or health record administration and must have one of the following credentials: RHIA, RHIA, CCS or CPC (outpatient position only); a combination of education and experience may be considered for highly qualified candidates.
5 years of production coding the applicable patient type/types
knowledge of charge master processes preferred
experience with the 3M HDM coding/abstracting system, HealthQuest registration/billing system, and Cerner Millennium EHR preferred.

Nice To Haves

knowledge of charge master processes preferred
experience with the 3M HDM coding/abstracting system, HealthQuest registration/billing system, and Cerner Millennium EHR preferred.

Responsibilities

distribution of uncoded patient encounters to employed and contract coding resources for final coding
ongoing training of coders and vendor support staff on the accurate coding of patient encounters according to patient type and/or facility specific coding guidelines
Trains coders and vendor support staff on use of the Emory electronic health record (EeMR)
Monitors work distributed to coders and contract vendors for compliance with Emory turn-around time (TAT) standards
Monitors flagged records (reviewed but not coded) for readiness to code and returns records to coders as appropriate
Maintains ongoing communications via email and telephone calls with Coding Contract Account Managers re coding quality, productivity and , TAT
Works with physicians, mid-level staff and clinical departments re: complete patient documentation for coding of patient encounters
performs intermittent quality reviews for coding accuracy and reports findings to appropriate internal and vendor resources
Makes patient type changes and admit or discharge date revisions in the coding/abstracting system
Handles registration issues including requests to Making Data Healthy
Handles requests for coding and/or billing edit review from coders working billing edits or Patient Financial Services
Performs follow up on issues re aging uncoded patient encounters
Provides coverage for coworkers as needed
codes patient encounters as needed