Profee Claims Edit Medical Coder
IKS Health
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $25 - $28 per hour
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Reviews medical records to identify pertinent diagnoses and procedures relative to the patient's health care encounter
- Selects the principal diagnosis and principal procedure, along with other diagnoses and procedures using UHDDS definition
- Ensures appropriate DRG assignment
- Abstracts appropriate information from the medical record based on the guidelines provided by the client and after a thorough review of the medical record
- Consistently meet productivity and quality performance requirements
- Responsible for utilizing company applications to enter charts coded in real-time throughout the scheduled shift
- Solicits clarification from the physician regarding ambiguous or conflicting documentation in the medical record using guidelines provided by the client
- Participate in team meetings and all training required by company staff or the client
- May be asked to participate in training or shadowing of other coders
- Flexibility in assignment over multiple clients to ensure meeting required classification hours
- Participate in Coding Roundtables through presentation of materials, articles and current issues related to coding and Health Information Management
- Maintains current knowledge of the information contained in the Coding Clinic, CPT Assistant, and the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting
- Participates in education modules as assigned
- Responsible for keeping coding credentials up to date and active
- Maintains effective and professional communication skills
- Contributes to a positive company image by exhibiting professionalism, adaptability and mutual respect
Requirements
- Must have a minimum of 3 years or more of related coding experience- Profee Claims Edit
- Understands medical terminology, anatomy, physiology, surgical technology, pharmacology and disease processes
- Extensive knowledge of ICD-10-CM and CPS and CPT coding principles and guidelines, reimbursement systems, federal, state and payor-specific regulations and policies pertaining to documentation, coding and billing
- Must pass coding proficiency test
Benefits
- healthcare
- 401 (k)
- paid time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
ICD-10-CM codingCPT codingmedical codingUHDDS definitionDRG assignmentmedical record abstractioncoding proficiencyreimbursement systemsfederal regulationsstate regulations
Soft skills
effective communicationprofessionalismadaptabilityteam collaborationflexibilityattention to detailproblem-solvingtime managementinterpersonal skillstraining participation