Inpatient Coder needed to support primary care clinics for a Georgia healthcare company.
 
Job ID: 24921
Pay Rate: $28.73 – $46.64 per hour (Depending on Experience)
Location: Marietta, Georgia
Work Arrangement: Fully Remote
Employment Type: Contract
Schedule: 8:00am – 4:30pm / Mon – Fri or Sun – Thurs 
 
Join one of Georgia’s largest not-for-profit health systems that consists of hospitals, emergency departments, medical offices, urgent cares, cancer centers, rehabilitation, hospice, senior-living, and imaging centers. This organization has received national recognition and many prestigious awards for their commitment to customized patient care and delivering world-class healthcare to every person. 
 
Responsibilities:

• Review documentation in inpatient and/or IVR (interventional radiology) medical records and handle 14-16 charts per day.
• Accurately assign appropriate ICD-10-CM diagnostic and ICD-10-PCS/CPT-4 HCPCS procedural codes to the greatest specificity.
• Assign the most accurate DRG/APC, when appropriate, and in accordance with Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting and Facility Coding Guidelines.
• Abstract demographic and coding information accurately and completely.
• Abstract all required patient demographic data into the EMR.
• Assign correct DRG/APC.
• Query providers as needed to further clarify codes.
• Manage additional coding responsibilities, contribute to the CFB (candidate for bill) goals, including but not limited to:
• Resolve coding edits and reminders, correct abstracting and coding issues in a timely manner
• Complete and route problem accounts, ready to code, high dollar and other accounts daily to ensure cases are coded as close to goal date as possible.
• Complete assigned work by allotted goal date.
• Assist with coding unassigned or backlogged accounts.
• Serve as a mentor to new coders.
• Assist with cleaning up or escalating missing documentation or other work queues.
• Assist with observation, same day surgery, outpatient and emergency coding when needed.
• Other tasks as assigned.

 
Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED Required
• Completion of anatomy and physiology course(s) required.
• Minimum 3 years of acute care inpatient and/or IVR coding experience is required.
• Must have demonstrated maintenance of 85% or higher accuracy in abstracting, code and DRG assignment while meeting productivity requirements in previous roles.
• Ability to work in a remote environment.
• Computer/data entry experience.
• Ability to communicate with various members of the healthcare team.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suites.

Preferred Licenses/Certifications

• Cert Coding Spec 1.00
• Cert Prof Coder 1.00
• Cert Prof Coder – Hospital OP 1.00
• Reg Health Information Admin 1.00
• Reg Health Information Tech 1.00
• AAPC Preferred

 
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