Inpatient Health Info Coder 3 - Health Information - FT Days

University of California, Irvine•Irvine, CA

21h•Onsite

About The Position

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America’s Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County’s only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County. Reporting to the Manager of Coding, the Coder III performs abstracting and coding, using ICD-10-CM and PCS, on all inpatient visits at UCI Medical Center. The purpose of this position is to apply the appropriate diagnostic and procedural codes to individual patient health information for data retrieval, analysis, and claims processing. Accounts are coded utilizing the 3m360 Sulventum encoder and EPIC systems for coding and data entry. Additional duties include, participating in departmental PI projects and performing related duties as assigned to meet operational needs.

Requirements

User-level experience using personal computers, particularly with encoding, abstracting and prospective payment grouper systems
Skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of the job duties
Skill to effectively assign codes
Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
Minimum of four (4) years of acute hospital trauma level 1, burn center, teaching facility inpatient coding experience
Knowledge of anatomy and physiology, disease processes, and medical terminology
Knowledge of ICD-10-CM and PCS coding
Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
Credentialed as CCS
Ability to work independently and be a self-starter
Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships in the department and across the Health System
Must be able to provide proof of work authorization

Nice To Haves

Credentialed as CCS by AHIMA

Responsibilities

Performs abstracting and coding, using ICD-10-CM and PCS, on all inpatient visits at UCI Medical Center.
Applies the appropriate diagnostic and procedural codes to individual patient health information for data retrieval, analysis, and claims processing.
Utilizes the 3m360 Sulventum encoder and EPIC systems for coding and data entry.
Participates in departmental PI projects.
Performs related duties as assigned to meet operational needs.