Inpatient Coder at Qualified Recruiter | Torre

Inpatient Coder

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Full-time

Legal agreement: Employment

Base compensation
USD40 - 44/hour

+ Health insurance

Negotiable
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Remote (for United States residents)
Posted 3 months ago

Responsibilities


Position Title: - Inpatient Coder. Role Type: - Full Time / Part Time. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Assigns appropriate ICD-10-CM/PCS codes to inpatient accounts as per designated workflow. - Abstracts and enters coded data for hospital statistical and reporting requirements. - Assigns present on admission indicators and discharge dispositions. - Queries physicians to clarify conflicting, imprecise, incomplete, ambiguous, and/or inconsistent clinical information when appropriate. - Communicates documentation improvement opportunities and coding issues to appropriate personnel for follow up and resolution. - Communicates with Clinical Documentation Improvement and/or Revenue Cycle teams for follow up and reconciliation of accounts. - Maintains required productivity and quality requirements. - Maintains coding credential requirements. Required Qualifications: - Candidate must possess an approved AHIMA credential. - 3+ years of Inpatient coding in an acute care setting required. - 5+ years and/or Trauma Level 1/Academic Teaching facility experience preferred. - Must be proficient in ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding. - 3+ years of coding experience.