Albany Med

Department/Unit: Health Information Services Work Shift: Day (United States of America) Salary Range: Min $ 21.78/hr - Max $34.85/hr Responsible for the selection of applicable Diagnoses and Procedures, sequence codes following the ICD-10-CM/PCS official coding guidelines. Query the provider (physician or other qualified healthcare practitioner)for clarification and/or additional documentation when there is conflicting, incomplete, or ambiguous information in the health record regarding a significant reportable condition or procedure or other reportable data element dependent on health record documentation (e.g. present on admission indicators). Advance coding knowledge and practice through continuing education, including but not limited to meeting continuing education requirements. Strong understanding of MS-DRG and NY-APR methodologies. This position is fully remote for NYS residents only, and equipment is provided. Applicant must be able to maintain a remote work location to...

Department/Unit: Health Information Services Work Shift: Weekend_Day (United States of America) Salary Range: $21.78 - $34.85 *Fully Remote - NY State Residents Only* This position provides growth opportunities with an established coding career ladder. Start with Albany Med and grow with Albany Med! The successful candidate must have a medical coding credential through AHIMA or AAPC to apply. Responsibilities: Optimize hospital reimbursement by collecting and classifying diagnostic and procedural information from physicians and medical records. Code diagnostic and operative information from the record using ICD-10-CM/PCS and CPT4 classification systems. Use a computerized encoding system to facilitate accurate coding. Sequence diagnoses and procedures by following the ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT4, Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS), Medicare, Medicaid and other fiscal intermediary guidelines. Select Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) for each inpatient case. Optimize hospital...

Department/Unit: Health Information Services Work Shift: Day (United States of America) Salary Range: $54,846.00 - $87,754.00 *Fully Remote - NY State Residents Only* The Senior Medical Coding Specialist will be responsible for performing coding quality audits on staff and providing thorough education and feedback to the medical coding specialists. They will be responsible for detailed reviews, projects assigned by management, and special requests to review coding for external departments such as quality management and CDI. They perform regularly scheduled audits as well as random audits. Complete duties as assigned by the Quality Manager, including writing appeal letters and following trends in denials. They inform management of trends and needs for improvement related to coding quality. They will work closely with the educator on developing training sessions and materials and working with the denials specialist for education and compliance. They optimize hospital...