Concurrent Inpatient Coding Specialist

Fairview Health Services • Hibbing, MN

117d • $24 - $36

About The Position

Fairview Range is hiring a Concurrent Inpatient Coding Specialist in Hibbing, MN (REMOTE). As a Concurrent Inpatient Coding Specialist, you will apply the appropriate diagnostic and procedural codes to medical records for purposes of data retrieval, analysis and claims processing. The coding specialist is responsible for effectuating clinical documentation improvement by evaluating and assessing the specificity of documentation to adequately reflect patient severity, risk of mortality and services rendered. The coding specialist interacts with providers and other professional caregivers daily to capture quality documentation.

Requirements

• Coding Certification or Associate Degree in Health Information Management
• Current AHIMA or AAPC accreditation
• 3 years of coding related experience such as coding, abstracting, DRG assignment, data quality in coding function, as required by position

Nice To Haves

• RHIT or bachelor's degree in a health-related field such as Business Office or Health Information Management
• Epic Certification in Resolute/HIM
• 5+ years of coding related experience such as coding, abstracting, APC assignment, data quality in coding function type as required by position
• Experience in a variety of specialty coding areas and/or hold multiple credentials

Responsibilities

• Facilitates clinical documentation improvement through extensive concurrent interaction with physicians, nurses, case management, other caregivers, and coding staff.
• Identifies co-morbidities/complications through documentation review.
• Works with team to query medical staff and other caregivers as necessary to obtain accurate and complete physician documentation that supports the severity and specificity of the patient's illness.
• Identifies documentation trends and issues such as quality, appropriateness, completeness, and reimbursement issues and communicate these to providers/documentation team so that resolution can be made.
• Interact with hospital coding team as documentation issues and complex cases are identified through the process.
• Ensure physician documentation is provided to assure accurate and timely reporting of POA indicators.
• May actively participate in preemptive audits for the RAC program.
• Keep abreast of coding guidelines and reimbursement reporting requirements.
• Ensures strict confidentiality of financial and medical reports.
• Attend coding conferences, workshops, and in-house sessions to receive updated coding information and changes in coding and/or regulations.
• Abides by the Standards of Ethical Coding as set forth by AHIMA and adheres to official coding guidelines.
• Initiates and participates in continuous quality improvement initiatives.
• Ability to meet production standards as set by the department.
• Ability to maintain accuracy standards as set by the department.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• PTO
• Tuition reimbursement
• Retirement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees