HIM Coder – Part Time, CCS Required
Lourdes Health System
part-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Arizona • Connecticut • United States
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Salary
💰 $26 - $43 per hour
About the role
- Codes and abstracts hospital medical records (including Inpatients, Observation, Outpatient Surgery, Invasive Outpatients, and Emergency Department) for diagnostic and procedural coding
- Utilizes federal, state procedures/guidelines to assure accuracy of coding and abstracting and productivity standards
- Collaborates with medical staff and clinical documentation improvement (CDI) staff to clarify documentation
- Maintains performance in accordance with corporate compliance requirements as it pertains to the coding and abstracting of medical records, as well as Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) assignment
Requirements
- Minimum of two years inpatient records coding experience
- Ability to perform functions in a Microsoft Windows environment
- Ability to be detail oriented and perform tasks at a high level of accuracy
- Ability to make sound decisions
- Demonstrate good communication and teamwork skills
- Previous experience with an electronic legal health record system
- High School Diploma or GED required
- Knowledge of Anatomy & Physiology/ Medical terminology required
Benefits
- medical/prescription, dental and vision insurance
- health and dependent care flexible spending accounts
- 403(b) (401(k) subject to collective bargaining agreement)
- paid time off
- paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws
- short-term disability and optional long-term disability
- colleague and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance
- tuition assistance
- employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
diagnostic codingprocedural codinginpatient records codingabstractingDiagnosis Related Group (DRG) assignmentAnatomy & Physiology knowledgeMedical terminology knowledge
Soft skills
detail orientedhigh level of accuracysound decision makingcommunication skillsteamwork skills
Certifications
High School DiplomaGED