CentraState

Emergency Department (ED) Coder CentraState Medical Center currently has an employment opportunity available for an Emergency Department (ED) Coder to support the Health Information Management department. The ED Coder is responsible for accurately assigning ICD-9-CM and CPT-4 diagnosis and procedure codes to emergency department records. This role ensures proper identification of facility and procedure-level codes in compliance with coding guidelines and regulatory requirements. Responsibilities Reviews ED records to ensure complete and accurate documentation to support all diagnoses and procedures. Accurately abstracts required data such as discharge dispositions, consultations and procedure/operative information with 95% accuracy. In a 7.5 hour day completes an average of 22-25 inpatient records, 50 surgical records, or 100 ED records. Assigns codes with a 95% DRG accuracy rate. Monitors unbilled report by identifying ED edits and makes appropriate coding changes....