1st Choice, LLC
Baltimore, MD
Under direct supervision, the Senior Inpatient Coder accurately codes hospital inpatient accounts for appropriate reimbursement, research, statistics, and compliance with federal and state regulations using established ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS classification systems.
Key Responsibilities Serve as a clinical coding subject matter expert
Apply strong critical thinking skills to analyze and evaluate documentation issues in collaboration with medical staff, clinical staff, and clinical documentation specialists
Analyze, code, and abstract complex inpatient cases including trauma, rehab, neurology, and critical care using ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS to ensure accurate APR-DRG, SOI, ROM, and POA assignment
Collaborate with senior coders and coding staff to share knowledge and provide guidance on complex cases
Monitor assigned workload daily to support timely billing processes
Code and abstract records within established turnaround times for each patient type
Maintain a coding accuracy...