Behavioral Health IP Coder

Springstone Inc; Louisville (KY); Remote; USD 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in behavioral health services is seeking a dedicated coding specialist to join their compassionate team. This full-time remote position offers the opportunity to work with a highly engaged staff while providing critical support in coding and documentation for patient care. The role involves entering and finalizing ICD-CM/PCS codes, ensuring accuracy, and collaborating with healthcare professionals to maintain high standards. Enjoy a flexible schedule, competitive compensation, and an expansive benefits package designed to support your career growth and well-being in a supportive culture.

Benefits

Flexible scheduling

Career growth

Competitive compensation

Expansive benefits package

Supportive leadership and culture

Access to UKG Wallet for pay on demand

Qualifications

• Associate's degree with RHIT, CCS or CCA preferred.
• Previous coding experience in psychiatric health care facility preferred.

Responsibilities

• Enter ICD-CM/PCS codes into the patient information system.
• Finalize abstract status to release codes to Fiscal Services.
• Maintain department productivity and accuracy standards.

Skills

ICD-CM/PCS coding

Documentation accuracy

Communication with physicians

Education

Associate’s degree

RHIT certification

CCS certification

CCA certification

Tools

Patient information system

Encoder system

Job description

Overview

At Lifepoint Behavioral Health, we specialize in compassionate behavioral health services, including crisis stabilization for acute mental health and substance use disorders. Our philosophy is built on a psychosocial model of care and follows the core principles of resilience, recovery and restoration. Our teams are committed to providing superior patient care that exceeds industry standards as well as patient expectations.This is a full-time remote position.

Benefits:

• Working with a highly engaged staff
• Healthy staffing levels
• Flexible scheduling
• Career growth
• Competitive compensation
• Expansive benefits package
• Supportive leadership and culture

• UKG Wallet – We’ve partnered with UKG Wallet, a voluntary Earned Wage Access benefit, to offer employees access to their pay on their own schedule.

Position Details

What you will do in this role:

• Enters appropriate ICD-CM/PCS codes into the patient information system using codes obtained from the current encoder system
• Finalizes abstract status to release codes to Fiscal Services within three to five (3- 5) days of discharges.
• Assigns corrections for any missing or incomplete documentation preventing final coding
• Queries physicians when code assignments are not clear or documentation in the record is inadequate for coding purposes, notifying supervisor of any outstanding queries beyond approved timeframe
• Maintains current department productivity and accuracy standards.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Associate’s degree with RHIT, CCS or CCA preferred.
• Previous coding experience in information management at psychiatric health care facility preferred
• RHIT, CCS or CCA preferred
• May be required to work flexible hours and overtime.