Coding Specialist /Full-Time

CHRISTUS Health • Santa Fe, NM

5h

About The Position

Responsible for ensuring optimum reimbursement based on accurate coding and for maintaining a quality patient clinical database. Assigns accurate diagnosis and procedure codes and captures pertinent clinical data elements on all inpatient/outpatient medical records of discharged patients. Reviews E&M levels selected by physicians on a monthly basis and provides feedback in order to increase awareness and accuracy.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• CPC, CPC-H, (CPC highly desirable over the CPC-H); ICD-10 Certification. Credentials must be maintained.
• Computer and data entry skills, thorough understanding of ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM, HCPC and CPT-4 classification systems.
• One years’ experience as a certified coder (actual coding and abstracting from documentation) in physician practice setting. In lieu of one full year certification, coder must be a certified CPC for a minimum of 6 months and must have minimum of 3 years of actual abstract coding experience.
• Coder will be given an internal coding assessment within 3 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Assigns accurate diagnosis and procedure codes
• Captures pertinent clinical data elements on all inpatient/outpatient medical records of discharged patients.
• Reviews E&M levels selected by physicians on a monthly basis and provides feedback

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED