Hospital Inpatient Coding Educator (1.0)

Franciscan Alliance, Inc.

93d • $55,078 - $81,931

About The Position

The Hospital Inpatient Coding Educator is responsible for coordinating and conducting coding training and developing training content and materials for the Franciscan Alliance Corporate Coding Department, hospital Inpatient staff. This position ensures training practices are standardized and result in consistent coding outcomes as well as provides input regarding the content of policies and procedures and ensures all new and existing staff members are trained and adhere to current coding policies and procedures. The Corporate Coding leadership team relies upon this position to be an authority and expert in interpreting, and applying coding guidelines to achieve consistency in coding practices.

Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED.
• 5 years of Franciscan coding experience - Required.
• Associate's Degree or Certificate in Health Information Management - Required.
• Bachelor's Degree in Health Information Management - Preferred.
• 5 years Franciscan inpatient coding experience with CCS - Required.
• 5 years Inpatient coding experience with RHIT/RHIA - Required.
• 3 years Coding Manager or Trainer/Auditor - Preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint - Required.
• Effective communicator with confident presentation skills - Required.
• Demonstrate experience in inpatient coding, including assigning ICD-10-CM and PCS codes in compliance with official guidelines - Required.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities effectively while meeting strict deadlines - Required.
• Demonstrated ability to train new coders, foster collaboration within team settings, and provide ongoing mentorship and support - Required.
• Extraction experience in a healthcare or coding environment - Preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains all corporate inpatient coding education, training policies and procedures, and coding reference materials.
• Leads training sessions and assesses coder comprehension of covered materials.
• Assists corporate coding leadership with training and/or development of a performance improvement track for coding coworkers in the corrective action process related to quality or productivity performance.
• Develops and maintains a consistent coding operations orientation program, and reports the coders' progress to coding leadership throughout the orientation and training processes.
• Assists Coding Manager and Supervisor with review and response to external coding audits.
• Acts as a nosologist, analyzing and interpreting disease and procedure classifications and terminologies for the accurate translation of healthcare data.
• Serves as the subject matter expert with regards to diagnosis and procedure codes, coding guidelines, medical terminology, anatomy/physiology, reimbursement schemes, payer specific guidelines, public reporting of outcomes, quality of patient care outcome measures, and the interpretation of coded data.
• Participates in problem identification, performs root cause analysis and recommends a solution to Coding Management.
• Maintains expert knowledge of Franciscan Alliance coding software tools.
• Assists with development and maintenance of software system workflow for standardization and maximum efficiency.
• Oversees system testing with regards to any published software updates or software functionality changes.
• Acts as a liaison to computer assisted coding (CAC) vendor, Nosology Services and Franciscan Alliance Information Systems Health Information Management (FAIS HIM) team.
• Monitors CAC accuracy and identifies template variation within the EMR that has a negative impact on the natural language processing engine or coding edits/errors.
• Escalates trends and makes recommendations for template revisions/standardization to FAIS HIM team and Coding Leadership.
• Coordinates all testing efforts with coding superusers and FAIS teams.
• Assists with annual verification of coding staff credentials.
• Assists with identification and implementation of process improvements according to industry best practice standards.
• Abides by the Standards of Ethical Coding as set forth by the American Health Information Management Association/American Association of Procedural Coders.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit offerings.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees