29546 HIM Inpatient Coder- Hospital
About The Position
This role involves performing quality hospital coding on Inpatient accounts, including Medicare/Non Medicare, Surgical, Medical, Cardiac, moms/babies, and trauma cases. The coder will maintain a working knowledge of ICD-10 PCS, governmental regulations, official coding guidelines, and third-party requirements regarding documentation and billing. The position requires ensuring all services documented in the patient’s chart are coded with appropriate ICD-10/PCS codes and seeking proper documentation when services/diagnoses are not documented appropriately. The coder must achieve and maintain 96% accuracy in coding while maintaining a high level of productivity, with an average productivity standard of 1 IP chart per hour final coded. Responsibilities also include following facility-specific policies and procedures, working pending queues daily, following the facility query policy and CDI reconciliation process, correcting and communicating charts that require re-bills, reporting coder downtime immediately, and providing accurate answers to physician’s/hospitals coding and/or billing questions within eight hours of request.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Must hold one of the following credentials: RHIA, RHIT, CCS
- 5+ years of Inpatient Facility coding experience
Nice To Haves
- Rehab Inpatient Facility coding experience with admissions (IRF/PAI) & discharges
- Knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology and Medical Terminology
- Associates Degree
Responsibilities
- Perform quality hospital coding on Inpatient accounts including Medicare/Non Medicare, Surgical, Medical, Cardiac, moms/babies, and trauma cases
- Maintain a working knowledge of ICD-10 PCS, governmental regulations, official coding guidelines, and third-party requirements regarding documentation and billing
- Assure that all services documented in the patient’s chart are coded with appropriate ICD-10/PCS codes
- Seek to attain proper documentation in a timely manner according to facility standards when services/diagnoses are not documented appropriately
- Achieve and maintain 96% accuracy in coding while maintaining a high level of productivity
- Maintain average productivity standards of 1 IP charts per hour final coded
- Responsible for following facility specific policies and procedures
- Work pending queues daily
- Follow facility query policy and CDI reconciliation process
- Correct and communicate charts that require re-bills to the facility daily for the re-bill process
- Report coder downtime immediately to the administrative staff to ensure turnaround is met
- Provide accurate answers to physician’s/hospitals coding and/or billing questions within eight hours of request
Benefits
- Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
- Parental Leave
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Basic Life & Supplemental Life
- Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
- Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
- Skills Development & Certifications
- Employee Referral Program
- Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
- Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
