住院编码专员
Inpatient Coding Specialist
关于我们：
我们的目标是帮助客户实现其财务健康目标。在报销周期中，我们的可扩展解决方案和临床专业知识帮助解决程序性需求。通过领先的技术赋能我们的团队，使分析能够指导我们的解决方案，并确保我们达成目标。
我们通过投资于你来打造长期的职业生涯。我们致力于创造一个促进你职业发展和个人成长的环境，因为我们相信你的成功就是我们的成功。
职位概述：
住院编码专家是CorroHealth团队的重要成员。编码团队成员将为一个或多个客户、机构或多个机构/客户提供4个或更多专科的CPT、HCPCS和ICD-10-CM编码服务。住院编码专家将是住院编码员，也可能会被要求协助并编码其他类型的病历。
这是一个远程职位。主要职责和责任：
注意：以下关键职责和责任旨在描述该职位的一般职责和责任，并非对该职位职责的详尽陈述。该职位可能执行以下大部分或全部主要职责。具体任务、责任或能力可能在团队成员的绩效目标中进行记录，如由团队成员的直接领导团队成员所规定。
这是一个远程职位。
- 团队成员必须能够在家中工作，并具备独立的编码技能。
- 提供各种编码服务以支持我们的客户。
- 对医疗记录进行准确分析，以获取适当的ICD-10、CPT和HCPCS编码排序和分配所需的信息。
- 通过患者病情严重程度识别重症病例。
- 对急诊科常见的手术操作进行编码，以在适当情况下捕获额外收入。
- 将ICD-10-CM诊断代码应用到可用的最高特异性水平。
- 准确应用诊断和操作代码，使用ICD-10-CM、ICD-10-PCS、CPT®和HCPCS。
- 解释编码指南以确保正确编码。
- 识别文档在编码分配及后续报销影响中的重要性。
- 必须保持质量和生产标准。
- 以专业的方式与客户沟通，以建立良好的工作关系，支持公司及其业务利益。
- 可能协助领导或高级编码专家，与客户沟通
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About Us:
Our purpose is to help clients exceed their financial health goals. Across the reimbursement cycle, our scalable solutions and clinical expertise help solve programmatic needs. Enabling our teams with leading technology allows analytics to guide our solutions and keeps us accountable achieving goals.
We build long-term careers by investing in YOU. We seek to create an environment that cultivates your professional development and personal growth, as we believe your success is our success.
JOB SUMMARY:
Inpatient Coding Specialists are an important part of the Team at CorroHealth. The Coding Team Member will provide CPT, HCPCS and ICD-10-CM coding for 4 or more specialties for one or more clients, facility, or multiple facilities or clients. The Inpatient Coding Specialist will be an Inpatient coder or could be asked to assist and code other chart types.
This is a remote position.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Note: The essential duties and responsibilities below are intended to describe the general duties and responsibilities of this position and are not intended to be an exhaustive statement of duties. This position may perform all or most of the primary duties listed below. Specific tasks, responsibilities or competencies may be documented in the Team Member’s performance objectives as outlined by the Team Member’s immediate Leadership Team Member.
This is a remote position.
- Team Member must be able to work from home and be independent in their coding skills.
- Provide various components of coding services to support our clients.
- Perform accurate analysis of medical records to obtain necessary information for the appropriate sequencing and assignment of ICD-10, CPT, and HCPCS codes.
- Recognize critical care cases by patient acuity.
- Code surgical procedures typical of an ER setting to capture additional revenue when appropriate.
- Apply ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes to the highest level of specificity available.
- Accurately apply diagnosis and procedure codes utilizing ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT®, and HCPCS.
- Interpret coding guidelines for accurate code assignment.
- Identify the importance of documentation on code assignment and the subsequent reimbursement impact.
- Must maintain quality and productivity standards.
- Communicate with clients in a professional manner that fosters an excellent working relationship to support the company and its business interests
- May assist Leadership, or Lead Coding Specialist, with reports as needed
- Potential opportunity to begin helping with auditing.
- Align conduct with AHIMA's Standards of Ethical Coding and the Company’s Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and support the Company’s Ethics and Compliance Program.
- Comply with all internal policies and procedures.
- All Coders must maintain at least one credential either through AAPC or AHIMA.
- Actively participate in Company provided training and education.
- Ensure individual compliance with all privacy and security rules and regulations and commit to the protection of all Company confidential information, including but not limited to, Personal Health Information.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS:
- All coders MUST be certified through either the AAPC (CPC or COC) or AHIMA (CCS or CCS-P)
- Preferred Certification is CCS
- Must have a minimum of 2 years of experience.
- Must have advanced working knowledge and experience with systems such as EMR, Billing, etc
- Must be proficient in Microsoft programs like Excel and Outlook. Examples include:
- Excel you should be able to open and add to a spreadsheet, perform basic formulas like adding or multiplying, and create a basic pivot table.
- Outlooks you should be able to manage emails and schedule and attend meetings.
- Must have current coding materials such as CPT and ICD-10-CM coding references.
- Regular, predictable, and punctual attendance is required.
- Will be required to maintain an ongoing productivity level and accuracy rate of 95% or higher.
- Will be required to maintain an ongoing quality score of 95% or higher.
- Ability to communicate effectively and professionally both verbally and written.
- Ability to coordinate, analyze, observe, make decisions, and meet deadlines.
- May be required to perform other duties as assigned by Leadership Team Member.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Note: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions as described. Regular eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity is required to operate office equipment. The ability to perform work at a computer terminal for 6-8 hours a day and function in an environment with constant interruptions is required. At times, Team Members are subject to sitting for prolonged periods. Infrequently, Team Member must be able to lift and move material weighing up to 20 lbs. Team Member may experience elevated levels of stress during periods of increased activity and with work entailing multiple deadlines.
A job description is only intended as a guideline and is only part of the Team Member’s function. The company has reviewed this job description to ensure that the essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.
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