What are the responsibilities and job description for the RI Coder II position at Norman Regional Health System?
Job Summary
Job Summary
Qualifications
Job Summary
- Assigns appropriate codes to a limited amount of patient types.
- Abstracts critical information and enters data into hospital information system.
- Monitors accounts "in process" for diagnosis to assure daily DNFB standard is met.
- Maintains high level of coding expertise.
- Remote coding placement.
Qualifications
- Ability to abstract health information utilizing current coding guidelines on various patient types.
- Bachelors of Science or Associates in Applied Arts/Science or equivalent years of experience. Actively seek to obtain certification with American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) as a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), or Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) and/or Registration with American Association of Professional Coders (AAPC) as a Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Outpatient Coder (COC), Certified Inpatient Coder (CIC) or other equivalent coding certification.
- Minimum of one year of professional coding experience required.