Inpatient Coder 3

Wellstar Health System

Inpatient Coder 3 focusing on acute care inpatient and IVR coding responsibilities. Ensuring correct coding and compliance with official guidelines while maintaining productivity standards.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeRemote • Alabama • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Reviewing documentation in inpatient and/or IVR (interventional radiology) medical records, and accurately and completely assigning appropriate ICD-10-CM diagnostic and ICD-10-PCS/CPT-4 HCPCS procedural codes to the greatest specificity, assigning the most accurate DRG/APC, when appropriate.
Abstracts demographic and coding information accurately and completely.
Codes and abstracts medical records with a minimum of accuracy.
Accurately and completely assigns appropriate ICD-10-CM diagnostic and ICD-10-PCS/CPT-4 HCPCS procedural codes to the greatest specificity, assigning the most accurate DRG/APC, when appropriate and in accordance with Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting and Facility Coding Guidelines, as applicable.
Accurately abstracts all required patient demographic data into the EMR.
Accurately assigns correct DRG/APC.
Meets productivity standards.
Queries providers, if needed to further clarify code.
Resolves coding edits and reminders, correcting abstracting and coding issues in a timely manner (1-2 business days).
Completes and routes problem accounts, ready to code, high dollar and other accounts daily to ensure cases are coded as close to goal date as possible.
Completes assigned work by goal date.
Assists with coding unassigned or backlogged accounts.
Serves as a mentor to new coders.
Assists with cleaning up or escalating missing documentation or other work queues.
If proficient, assists with observation, same day surgery, outpatient and emergency coding when needed or assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

High School Diploma or GED
CCS - Cert Coding Spec Upon Hire Preferred
RHIA - Reg Health Information Admin Upon Hire Preferred
RHIT - Reg Health Information Tech Upon Hire Preferred
Minimum 3 years of acute care inpatient and/or IVR coding experience.
Demonstrated maintenance of a or higher accuracy in abstracting, code and DRG assignment while meeting productivity requirements in previous roles.
Ability to work in a remote environment.
Computer/data entry experience.
Ability to communicate with various members of the healthcare team.
Ability to use Microsoft (Excel, Word).

Benefits

Comp & perks

10K Sign-On Bonus Available

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Hard Skills & Tools

ICD-10-CM codingICD-10-PCS codingCPT-4 codingHCPCS codingDRG assignmentAPC assignmentabstractingmedical record codingcoding accuracyproductivity standards

Soft Skills

communicationmentoringproblem-solvingattention to detailtime managementcollaborationquerying providersadaptabilityindependenceorganization

Certifications

CCSRHIARHIT