Inpatient Coder II, HB Coding
Northwestern Medicine
Coding Analyst
Northwestern Medicine
part-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin
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💰 $27 - $38 per hour
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Assign appropriate ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 codes to outpatient visit types
- Assign Evaluation and Management codes for physician encounters
- Review medical records thoroughly using all available documentation to code diagnoses, procedures, and E/M services
- Resolve NCCI, NCD/LCD or other outpatient edit claim failures as assigned
- Collaborate with Patient Accounting, Registration, case managers, and other clinical areas to provide coding reimbursement expertise
- Interpret health record documentation to report appropriate diagnoses and/or procedures
- Follow ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting and other coding references
- Meet established minimum coding productivity and quality standards for each outpatient encounter type
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
- 3 years of experience in acute healthcare setting (required)
- RHIT or RHIA or CCS or CCS-P or COC or CPC (required)
- AHIMA or AAPC membership (required)
- Preferred: RHIA/RHIT with CCS, CCS-P, COC, CPC
- Preferred: 4 years’ experience in acute healthcare setting
- Preferred: 4 years’ experience in a professional setting
- Expertise in ICD-10-CM diagnosis coding
- Expertise with HCPC Level I and II procedural codes
- Ability to assign CPT-4 codes and Evaluation and Management codes
- Ability to resolve NCD/LCD and NCCI edits of hard-coded and soft-coded HCPC codes
- Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, clinical disease process, pharmacology, and medical terminology
- Ability to follow ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Coding Clinic, CPT Assistant and coding conventions
- Must meet established minimum coding productivity and quality standards
- Ability to achieve minimum of 95% coding accuracy
- Must reside in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, or Wisconsin (remote work residency requirement)
