Health Information Management Inpatient Coder

Prisma Health

Inpatient Coder coding medical information into Prisma billing systems. Ensuring accurate diagnosis coding and improving healthcare documentation for multiple facilities at Prisma Health.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeRemote • South Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Codes medical information into the Prisma billing/abstracting systems using established professional and regulatory coding guidelines.
Ensures that each diagnosis present on admission (POA) indicator is assigned appropriately.
Codes for multiple facilities.
Adheres to Prisma Health Coding and Compliance policies and procedures for assignment of complete, accurate, timely and consistent codes.
Performs Inpatient coding including major traumas and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) records by assigning International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and International Classification of Diseases-Procedure Coding System (ICD-PCS) codes as well as the Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) assignment.
Abstracts and assigns and verifies codes for Major Complications and Comorbidities/Complications and Comorbidities (MCC/CCs), Hospital-Acquired Condition/Patient Safety Indicator (HAC/PSI) and Quality Indicators capture as appropriate through documentation validation.
Verifies assignment of DRGs, MCC/CCs, Hospital Acquired Conditions (HACs) and Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) that most appropriately reflect documentation of the occurrence of events, severity of illness, and resources utilized during the inpatient encounter and in compliance with department policies and procedures.
Selects the optimal principal diagnoses with appropriate POA indicator assignment and sequencing of risk adjustment diagnoses following established guidelines.
Reviews work queues to identify charts that need to be coded and prioritizes as per department-specific guidelines and within designated timelines.
Follows up on On-hold accounts daily for final coding.
Identifies and requests physician queries following established guidelines when existing documentation is unclear or ambiguous following American Health Information Management (AHIMA) guidelines and established organization policies.
Ensures all open queries initiated by Clinical Documentation Specialists have been addressed prior to final coding.
Adheres to department standards for productivity and accuracy.
Identifies and trends coding issues escalating identified concerns.
Consults, provides professional expertise to and collaborates with clinical documentation specialists on coding and documentation practices and standards.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Certification Program or Associate degree or Coding Certificate through American Health Information Management (AHIMA) or other approved coding certification program.
Three (3) years coding experience in an acute care or ambulatory setting.
Inpatient coding experience.
EPIC health information system experiences preferred.
Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certified Inpatient Coder (CIC) or other approved coding credential.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Inspire health.
Serve with compassion.
Be the difference.

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Hard Skills & Tools

ICD codingICD-PCS codingDRG assignmentmedical codingdocumentation validationcoding guidelinescoding complianceabstractingcoding for major traumascoding for NICU records

Soft Skills

attention to detailorganizational skillscommunication skillscollaborationproblem-solvingtime managementprioritizationprofessional expertise

Certifications

Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT)Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA)Certified Coding Specialist (CCS)Certified Inpatient Coder (CIC)AHIMA coding certification