Collaborates with the Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) team to ensure consistency and completeness of clinical records. Effectively manages time and workload to meet both productivity and accuracy standards. Collaborates with Coding team members to ensure coding is completed within two days of patient discharge. Accurately and efficiently completes coding assignments across multiple facilities within established timeframes. Communicates coding-related issues that may affect claims processing, coding accuracy, or compliance with the Coding Management Team. Assumes ownership of the discharged not final coded accounts held by monitoring the queue holds and ensuring accounts are released in a timely manner. Codes inpatient charts and verifies or assigns ICD-10-CM/PCS diagnosis and procedure codes.
High School Grad or Equiv (Required), Technical/Vocational School (Required)Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) - EV Accredited Issuing Body, Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) - EV Accredited Issuing Body, Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) - EV Accredited Issuing Body
Pay Range: $23.91 - $44.46
This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.