Inpatient Coding Specialist II
Stanford Health Care
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $65 - $73 per hour
About the role
- Requires review of medical record documentation to accurately assign ICD-10-CM/PCS codes
- Reviews, abstracts and assigns accurate and ethical ICD-10-CM/PCS codes to inpatient services
- Ensures compliance with third party, State and Federal regulations
- Completes volume of work from work queues per departmental productivity standards
- Collaborates with Clinical Documentation Specialists and medical staff to ensure completeness of documentation
- Maintains competency and accuracy while utilizing coding and abstracting systems
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED equivalent
- Five (5) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience
- Successful completion of the Coder Proficiency Exam (pre-hire)
- Ability to adapt to and deal with change and ambiguity
- Knowledge of diagnosis/procedure DRG grouping schemes such as MS-DRGs and APR-DRGs
- Knowledge of health information systems for computer application to medical records
- Ability to solve technical and non-technical problems
- Knowledge of standards and regulations pertaining to maintenance of patient medical records; medical records coding systems; medical terminology; anatomy and physiology and study of diseases
- Licenses and Certifications: RHIA or RHIT or CCS
Benefits
- C-I-CARE standards for patient experience
- High standard for delivering value and exceptional experience
- Commitment to diversity and equal opportunity employment
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
ICD-10-CM codingICD-10-PCS codingmedical record documentationcoding and abstracting systemsDRG grouping schemesMS-DRGsAPR-DRGsmedical terminologyanatomyphysiology
Soft Skills
adaptabilityproblem-solvingcollaborationattention to detailaccuracyethical judgmenttime managementcommunicationorganizational skillscompliance awareness
Certifications
RHIARHITCCSCoder Proficiency Exam