Inpatient Coding Manager (Full-Time, Monday - Friday)

Washington Regional Medical Center•Fayetteville, AR

34d•Onsite

About The Position

The role of the Inpatient Coding Manager reports to the Director of Revenue Integrity. This position is responsible for managing staff to ensure accurate and timely coding of all outpatient facility records. This position will address personnel, production, and system issues and are responsible for overseeing and supporting the continued development of the coding department.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED
Bachelor's degree preferred
Obtain within 1 year AHIMA credentials: RHIT, RHIA, CCS, or CCS-P and/or, AAPC credentials: CPPM, CPMA, CRC, COC, CPC, or CPC-H, required.
Minimum 2 years in a supervisory or management role, required.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree preferred

Responsibilities

Organize, direct, and coordinate daily job functions of the inpatient coding teams
Develop and maintain department policies and procedures, productivity standards, and educational and training materials for coders across all specialties
Educate providers and other health care professionals on proper documentation practices to ensure accurate billing practices
Apply coding knowledge to lead the DRG, MCC/CC, hierarchal condition categories, and risk adjustment coding efforts as well as supportive activities.
Work with clinical quality to ensure accurate capture of outcomes data as directly correlated with complications, PSI/HACs, readmissions and mortality measures.
Communicate coding issues with necessary parties and ensure timely education is provided if processes are updated
Ensure all inpatient coding processes meet state and federal regulatory requirements
Maintain a current knowledge of ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT and HCPCS coding; including continuous knowledge of quarterly and annual code changes, coding rules and guidelines as well as LCD/NCD guidelines
Conduct ongoing performance assessment of staff competency and provide timely and appropriate feedback
Enforce the use of physician queries, as appropriate
Perform continuous quality and compliance review of coded records and ensure accuracy by the coding specialists
Work closely with central billing, clinical documentation improvement program and other services to assist and/or coordinate in resolving account, coding, and charge capture issues