St. Mary's Health Care

St. Mary's Health Care Amsterdam, NY, USA
Job Requisition: REQ3483 Employment Type: Full time Shift: Days Hours Per Week: 40 hour week Hiring range: $27.54-$ 35.81 Offer rates are based on experience. Offer rates at the higher end of the range are only for applicants with many years of experience Responsibilities: • Abstracts pertinent information from patient records. Assigns the International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) or Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes, creating Ambulatory Patient Classification (APC) or Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) assignments. • Obtains acceptable productivity/quality rates as defined per coding policy. • Queries physicians when code assignments are not straightforward or documentation in the record is inadequate, ambiguous, or unclear for coding purposes. • Maintains knowledge of and complies with coding guidelines and reimbursement reporting requirements. • Conducts chart audits for physician...