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1st Choice Annapolis, 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 rate...

1st Choice Frederick, 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 rate...