Commonwealth Health
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Overview
The coder is responsible for abstracting all clinical and demographic data and accurately applying code assignment to all inpatient, outpatient, and emergency services with diagnoses, procedures and conditions as indicated in the patient medical record. Using a computerized encoding system, assigns ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT4/HCPCS, DRG and APCs in accordance with official coding and reimbursement guidelines from the American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association, and the American Health Information Management Association. All work is carried out in accordance with the Health Information Management department and the Tenor Health approved policies and procedures.
Responsibilities
Abstract clinical and demographic data and apply code assignments for inpatient, outpatient, and emergency services according to patient medical records.
Assign ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT4/HCPCS, DRG and APCs in compliance with official coding and reimbursement guidelines from...