Senior Certified Coding Specialist – PRN
INTEGRIS Health
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Oklahoma • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
About the role
- Assigns hospital DRG's proficiently and analyzes documentation for appropriate severity of illness and risk of mortality reporting.
- Provides mentorship and training to on-boarding coders
- Completes analysis of documentation, abstracting and code assignment by body system, organ, etiology and morphology according to the American Hospital Association Official ICD-10 Coding Guidelines (Coding Clinic), CPT4/HCPCS Coding Guidelines, ASC groups, UHDDS Guidelines, HCFA methodology guidelines for coding, state and federal guidelines and hospital abstracting guidelines
- Performs queries and obtains documentation required for coding for records maintained in other departments.
- Coordinates documentation needs, query follow-up and final DRG assignment with the Clinical Documentation Specialist
- Review provider documentation for coding appropriateness, and analyze medical records to complete accurate code selection. Maintain communication with Management and Providers to ensure timely notification of identified documentation issues.
- Assign diagnosis and procedure codes for clinic visits, surgical procedures/deliveries, and other billable professional services.
- Act as a mentor to other team members to assist with inquiries regarding coding, documentation.
- HCC coders will maintain focus on appropriate queries and education regarding appropriate HCC diagnoses documentation and capture.
Requirements
- Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, coding and application
- Knowledge of various computer applications including Windows, Excel, healthcare information systems and encoders
- One of the following:
- - CCS: Certified Coding Specialist Certification and two years of coding experience
- - CPC: Certified Professional Coder and two years of coding experience
- - CRC: Certified Risk Adjustment Coder and two years of HCC coding experience
- - RHIT: Registered Heath Information Technologist Certification.
- - RHIA: Registered Health Information Administrator Certification.
- Must be able to communicate effectively in English (Oral/Written)
Benefits
- front loaded PTO
- 100% INTEGRIS Health paid short term disability
- increased retirement match
- paid family leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
ICD-10 codingCPT4 codingHCPCS codingmedical codingcode assignmentdocumentation analysisabstractingquery follow-updiagnosis codingprocedure coding
Soft skills
mentorshipcommunicationtrainingteam collaborationproblem-solving
Certifications
CCSCPCCRCRHITRHIA