Job Title: Certified Coding Specialist/ Medical Coder
Pay rate: $24.00 hr on W
2 Location: Columbus 43215 OH
Duration: 12+ months
Shift Timing: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Must Have: - RHIA - Registered Health Information Administrator
- CCS - Certified Coding Specialist
- CCS-P - Certified Coding Specialist - Physician-based
- CPC - Certified Professional Coder
- RHIT - Registered Health Information Technician
Roles and Responsibilities: - Under general direction, assisting in monitoring & analyzing policies & procedures in order to organize & implement an accurate & efficient International Classification of Diseases Edition (ICD) policy & system support program.
- Serves as medical policy resource, analyst & technical expert advisor for ICD, CPT, and HCPCS and other coding systems; incorporates relevant ICD, CPT, and HCPCS policy & guidelines of Agency on statewide basis.
- Assisting in monitoring & analyzing ICD reports generated on agency computer systems for appropriate usage & assignment of ICD codes; assists ICD program manager with identification of applicable regulations and agency policies while maintaining high standards of accuracy and efficiency.
- Collaborates as needed to resolve coding discrepancies related to CPT and HCPCS coding.
Required Skills/Work Experience: - ICD diagnostic codes for medical diagnoses, assignments, groupings & medical treatment
- Agency statutes, rules, policies & procedures,.
- Human anatomy & physiology.
- Coding theory & application to agency laws, rules & policies
- Business management.
- Public & human relations.
- federal & state laws (i.e. ORC), regulations & accreditation standards (i.e. AAPC or AHIMA )
- Claims processing data management, healthcare delivery systems & health science administration.
- Health information systems & database management.
- Applied statistics, (15)process analysis & outcome analysis, healthcare laws, regulations & standards.
- ICD-9 coding for medical diagnoses, assignments & groupings.
- Operating PC & peripheral equipment (e.g. modem, printer)
- Use of Microsoft Office software (e.g. Windows, Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Use of agency software
- Use of office equipment (e.g. copiers & fax machines).
- Written & oral communication
- Project management.
- Data collection, analysis & presentation.
- Define problems, collect data, establish facts & draw conclusions.
- Draft &/or edit administrative policies, procedures & directives.
- Use statistical analysis
- Apply principles to solve practical, everyday problems.
- Use proper research methods in gathering data, gather, collate & classify information about data, people or things, maintain accurate records & databases.
- Prepare meaningful, concise & accurate reports.
- Establish friendly rapport with internal & external customers.
- Prepare & deliver speeches before specialized audiences & general public.
- Handle sensitive inquiries.
- Use & interpret ICD-9 & ICD-10 medical coding publications.
Required Education: - Level of education- RHIA or RHIT degree and/or CCS/CCS-P/CPC Medical Coder.