Outpatient Coder II, HB Coding
Northwestern Medicine
full-time
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Location: Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $29 - $40 per hour
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Assign appropriate ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 codes to outpatient visit types
- Review medical records thoroughly using available documentation
- Interpret health record documentation using anatomy, physiology, clinical disease process, pharmacology, and medical terminology
- Send physician queries when required for documentation clarification
- Follow Coding Clinic for HCPCs, CPT Assistant, and interpret coding conventions and instructional notes
- Provide technical expertise to analyze system related changes and participate in testing of software modifications
- Identify opportunities to enhance CAC (computer assisted coding)
- Resolve NCCI Edits with approved hospital modifiers
- Utilize 3M Encoder resources to ensure optimal coding accuracy
- Meet established minimum coding productivity (90%) and quality standards (95%) for each outpatient encounter type
Requirements
- Credentialed by the AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association).
- CE requirement to remain credentialed is 20-30 CE's every two years
- 3-4 years of coding experience in an acute healthcare setting
- RHIT, RHIA or CCS credentialed
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- Bachelor’s degree in related field (preferred)
- 4 years of coding experience in an acute healthcare setting (preferred)