2 outpatient coder 2 certified him coding jobs found

Employment Type: Full time Shift: Day Shift Description: Analyzes physician/provider documentation contained in assigned Emergency Department (ED) and Outpatient Observation health records (electronic, paper or hybrid) to determine the principal diagnosis, secondary diagnoses, principal procedure and secondary procedures. Accesses charge work queues and systems to assign ER and Observation charges if performed by HIM. May also require calculation of Observation hours if performed by HIM. Utilizes encoder software applications, which includes all applicable online tools and references in the assignment of Internal Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification diagnosis and procedure codes, and Current Procedural Terminology / Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) procedure codes and all required modifiers. Utilizes coding guidelines established by: The Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services (CMS) ICD-CM Official Coding Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, ICD-PCS...

Position Summary: Responsible for working with and providing on-going coding and documentation education (quarterly, annually and ad-hock) for physicians, coders, ancillary department staff, clinical documentation improvement (CDI), and other allied health professionals to improve documentation of patient care and to appropriately assign codes and/or determine charges to support those services. Essential Functions and Responsibilities As Assigned : 1. Completes quality assurance audits on inpatient and outpatient coding specialists, onboarding audits and training of newly hired coding specialists, validating the coding specialist is accurately abstracting data into medical record systems, following coding guidelines and directives. 2. Validates Present on Admission (POA) indicators according to guidelines and identifies any missing or inappropriate queries to providers. 3. Uses payment methodology to audit outpatient and/or inpatient facility coding and billing,...