Per Diem Health Information Coder - Health Information

University of California System•Irvine, CA

37d

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. To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org. Your Role on the Team Position Summary: The incumbent performs abstracting and coding on assigned outpatient work queue for visits at UCI Medical Center. Additional duties may include preparing and compiling daily, weekly and monthly production reports, participating in departmental PI projects and performing related duties as assigned to meet operational need.

Requirements

Minimum one year of acute hospital coding experience
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System
Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Credentialed as CCS, CCS-P, CPC, or CPC-H
Knowledge of ICD-10 and CPT codes
Skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of the job duties
Skill to effectively assign codes
Knowledge of anatomy and physiology, disease process and medical terminology
Ability to work independently and be a self starter
Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
Must be able to provide proof of work authorization

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of University and medical center organizations, policies, procedures and forms

Responsibilities

performs abstracting and coding on assigned outpatient work queue for visits at UCI Medical Center
preparing and compiling daily, weekly and monthly production reports
participating in departmental PI projects
performing related duties as assigned to meet operational need