What are the responsibilities and job description for the Remote Inpatient Coder position at Carpenter Health Network?
Now hiring a Full-Time Remote Inpatient Coder!
Carpenter Health Network – Restorative Division – offers you: Excellent pay, Increased Earning Potential and Growth Opportunities!
The Remote Regional Coder (RC) primary function is to abstract and assign the appropriate ICD-10-CM/PCS codes to patient claims in order to obtain accurate reimbursement from governmental and non-governmental payors. The RC works in concert with the Corporate Director of Documentation and Reimbursement, facility HIM, Case Managers and Licensed Independent Practitioners to align coding services with the company’s overall Mission, Vision and Values to be a leading and respected healthcare system.
Essential Duties include:
- Ensures the quality and integrity of coding based on concurrent inpatient documentation review, which includes accurate assignment of principal diagnosis, secondary diagnoses, primary procedure and secondary procedures in the patient record and the appropriate code assignment based on established coding guidelines and conventions.
- Generate physician queries to clarify ambiguous, incomplete or conflicting documentation utilizing AHIMA's Code of Ethics.
Requirements:
- Certification/Licensure: RHIT/RHIA, Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), or Certified Professional Coder (CPC) from American Health Information Management Associations (AHIMA), required.
- Minimum of 2 years of current inpatient coding experience in LTAC or Acute Care setting, required.
- Working knowledge of ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT/HCPCS, MS-DRG, APR-DRG and APC coding principles and guidelines.
- 3M Coding Software knowledge, desired.
- Experience in regulatory issues related to Medicare and other third-party payers as is relates to hospital coding and billing.
- Proficient in computer use including basic understanding of MS Office
- Excellent communication and organization skills required.
Exceptional People providing Exceptional Care.
Only candidates with appropriate experience will be considered. All others need not apply.