US Department of Veterans Affairs
Gary, IN
Summary
This position is located in the Health Information Management (HIM) section at the Nebraska Western Iowa VA Medical Center. MRTs (Coder) are skilled in classifying medical data from patient health records in the hospital setting - and/or physician-based settings - such as physician offices - group practices - multi-specialty clinics - and specialty centers.
Duties
Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Basic Functions: Applies comprehensive knowledge of medical terminology - anatomy & physiology - disease processes - treatment modalities - diagnostic tests - medications - procedures as well as the principles and practices of health services and the organizational structure to ensure proper code selection
Selects and assigns codes from the current version of several coding systems to include ICD - CPT - and/or HCPCS
Adheres to accepted coding practices - guidelines and conventions when choosing the most appropriate diagnosis - operation - procedure - ancillary...