University of California - San Francisco Campus and Health
San Francisco, CA, USA
Job Summary
The Health Information Coder III is a senior level inpatient coder with the knowledge and skill set to utilize the ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS classification systems to code acute academic, teaching inpatient cases. The skill set extends to knowledge and comprehension of code sequences into Diagnoses Related Groups on acute academic, teaching inpatient cases. Cases are coded to comply with the official guidelines for coding and reporting, practice standards and code of ethics for HIMS coder. Cases are abstracted according to UCSF Health policies and procedures. The focus of coding and abstracting is on a range of all primary hospital services. There is minimal review of coding for quality. The employee will work eight (8) hours per day, excluding meal periods, on five (5) consecutive days within a workweek. The workweek schedule is set between the employee and the manager and may be scheduled to start any day of the week based on manager approval.
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