Apex Informatics

Title: HIM Hospital Coder. Location: Remote/Relocation position Job Description: PFB job details for HIM Hospital Coder. They are looking for a coder that understands coding from scratch, not someone who only can edit codes. Pain point: People are struggling to code with accuracy. That's the biggest problem. They need people who are actually coding, not just doing edits. Location: Hawaii (Remote/Relocation position). Office location is - HI-Wailuku-285 Mahalani St.-Maui Memorial - Cottage Buildings (HI050-A) Duration: 12mo (Very high possibility to convert to FTE after 3mo. They explicitly stated this to me over a meeting. Job title: HIM Hospital Coder I - This is for an outpatient coder, not inpatient - 3 headcount needed here. All work is performed in accordance with the rules, regulations, and coding conventions as established by the American Hospital Association (Coding Clinic), ICD-10, CMS, OSHPD, and Kaiser organizational/institutional coding...

Reads and interprets medical record documentation to identify all diagnosis, conditions, problems and procedures for Evaluation & Management, surgical procedure, radiologic service, pathologic service, ancillary service, radiation oncology, and/or infusion charges. Clarifies conflicting, ambiguous, or non- specific information appearing in a medical record by consulting the appropriate physician. Applies Official ICD-10-CM Guidelines to select first-listed diagnosis, primary procedure, complications, co-morbid conditions, other diagnoses and significant procedures which require coding. Applies knowledge of ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 instructional notations and conventions to locate and assign the correct diagnostic and procedural codes and sequence them correctly. Applies knowledge of current approved ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 coding guidelines to assign and sequence the correct diagnoses and procedure codes. Applies knowledge of anatomy, clinical disease processes, and diagnostic and...