Frederick Health
Frederick, MD
Inpatient Coder - Full-Time With Benefits Supports, and is responsible for incorporating into job performance, the Frederick Health (FH) mission, vision, core values and customer service philosophy and adheres to the FH Compliance Program, including following all regulatory requirements and the FH Standards of Behavior. Codes and abstracts inpatient medical records of all types and, following a rigorous review of the clinical documentation, abstracts and assigns appropriate ICD-10-CM/PCS code sets and assigns the correct APR-DRG into the hospital information system. May also code other work types as assigned by the Coding Manager. Essential functions include determining the correct principal diagnosis, assigning co-morbidities and complications, secondary diagnoses, present on admission indicators for ICD-10-CM and MHACs (Maryland Hospital Acquired conditions), principal procedure codes and secondary procedure codes. Also includes assigning the appropriate APR-DRG, working in...