Job Description

Position Overview:

Join our Hospital System as a Senior Medical Coder, where you will play a crucial role in ensuring accurate coding and billing processes within our acute care facility, handling both inpatient and outpatient accounts. The primary responsibility of this role is to accurately assign ICD-10-CM diagnostic and procedure PCS codes on clinical encounters, adhering to regulatory and CMS Official Guidelines to ensure precise reimbursement.

Job Type:
Fully Remote (Work from Home)

Responsibilities:

Assign appropriate DRG and ICD-10 codes to diagnoses and procedures for billing purposes.
Collaborate with healthcare providers to clarify documentation for accurate code assignment.
Conduct audits to monitor coding accuracy and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
Adhere to Health Information Management (HIM) Coding policies.
Interpret and apply American Hospital Association (AHA) Official Coding Guidelines to support appropriate principal, secondary diagnoses, and procedures.
Follow The Joint Commission (TJC) and other third-party documentation guidelines to enhance coding quality and accuracy continuously.
Possess knowledge of Anatomy and Physiology, Pharmacology, Disease Pathology, and Medical Terminology.
Understand basic coding conventions and utilize coding nomenclature consistent with CMS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting ICD-10-CM and PCS coding.
Navigate the Electronic Medical Record to identify appropriate documentation for coding and billing in support of submitted department charges.
Qualifications:

Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), or CIC Coding Credential (Required).
Experience working with coding systems like HB Coding EPIC and 3M (Useful).
Minimum of 3 years of experience in medical coding, including both inpatient and outpatient settings (Required).
Please include copies of your certifications along with the submission of your resume.
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: $ 34,000.00 42,000.00 Per Year

Job Tags

Full time, Work from home,

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