Concurrent Inpatient Coding Specialist

Fairview Health Services; Hibbing (MN); Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a Concurrent Inpatient Coding Specialist to enhance clinical documentation and coding accuracy. In this remote role, you will collaborate with medical staff to ensure precise coding of patient records, thereby improving data quality and supporting claims processing. You will engage in continuous quality improvement initiatives, attend coding workshops, and maintain compliance with coding guidelines. Join a dedicated team committed to delivering exceptional healthcare in a supportive environment where your expertise will make a significant impact on patient care.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

PTO

Tuition Reimbursement

Retirement Plans

Qualifications

• 3 years of coding related experience required.
• Must have current AHIMA or AAPC accreditation.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates clinical documentation improvement through interaction with providers.
• Identifies documentation trends and communicates issues to providers.

Skills

Coding

AHIMA

Documentation Improvement

Data Quality

Education

Coding Certification

Associate Degree in Health Information Management

RHIT or Bachelor's Degree in Health-Related Field

Tools

Epic Certification in Resolute/HIM

Job description

Job Overview

Fairview Range is hiringa Concurrent Inpatient Coding Specialist inHibbing, MN (REMOTE).

As a Concurrent Inpatient Coding Specialist, you will apply the appropriate diagnostic and procedural codes to medical records for purposes of data retrieval, analysis and claims processing. The coding specialist is responsible for effectuating clinical documentation improvement by evaluating and assessing the specificity of documentation to adequately reflect patient severity, risk of morality and services rendered. The coding specialist interacts with providers and other professional caregivers daily to capture quality documentation.

Schedule: This position will be a working full time, 80 hours per pay period.

Internal posting through: 1/11/25

About Fairview Range

Fairview Range is an affiliate of M Health Fairview, a partnership of Fairview Health Services, the University of Minnesota, and M Physicians. Together, we offer access to breakthrough medical research and specialty expertise as part of a continuum of care that reaches all ages and health needs. The most comprehensive health care network in northeastern Minnesota, Fairview Range includes Fairview Range Medical Center, Fairview Mesaba Clinics (with locations in Hibbing, Nashwauk, and Mountain Iron), Fairview Range Home Care and Hospice, and Fairview Transportation Services. Are you interested in joining our incredible team? Seize the opportunity by applying today!

Apply today to join our 34,000+ employees and 5,000+ system providers working to build lasting relationships with the people we serve: our patients, our communities, and each other.

Concurrent Inpatient Coding Specialist Job Responsibilities

• Facilitates clinical documentation improvement through extensive concurrent interaction with physicians, nurses, case management, other caregivers, and coding staff.
• Identifies co-morbidities/complications through documentation review.
• Works with team to query medical staff and other caregivers as necessary to obtain accurate and complete physician documentation that supports the severity and specificity of the patient’s illness.
• Identifies documentation trends and issues such as quality, appropriateness, completeness, and reimbursement issues and communicate these to providers/documentation team so that resolution can be made.
• Interact with hospital coding team as documentation issues and complex cases are identified through the process.
• Ensure physician documentation is provided to assure accurate and timely reporting of POA indicators
• May actively participate in preemptive audits for the RAC program.
• Keep abreast of coding guidelines and reimbursement reporting requirements.
• Ensures strict confidentiality of financial and medical reports
• Attend coding conferences, workshops, and in-house sessions to receive updated coding information and changes in coding and/or regulations.
• Abides by the Standards of Ethical Coding as set forth by AHIMA and adheres to official coding guidelines.
• Initiates and participates in continuous quality improvement initiatives.
• Ability to meet production standards as set by the department.
• Ability to maintain accuracy standards as set by the department.
• Perform other related duties as required. This list is not all-inclusive, and any other task or job may be assigned in the future.

Required Qualifications

• Coding Certification or Associate Degree in Health Information Management

• Current AHIMA or AAPC accreditation
• 3 years of coding related experience such as coding, abstracting, DRG assignment, data quality in coding function, as required by position

Preferred Qualifications

• RHIT or bachelor’s degree in a health-related field such as Business Office or Health Information Management
• Epic Certification in Resolute/HIM
• 5+ years of coding related experience such as coding, abstracting, APC assignment, data quality in coding function type as required by position.
• Experience in a variety of specialty coding areas and/or hold multiple credentials

Keywords: Coding, AHIMA, RHIT

Compensation: $24.76 - $36.39/ Hourly

Benefit Overview

Fairview Range offers a generous benefits package, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, PTO, tuition reimbursement, retirement and more! Please follow this link for additional information. https://www.fairview.org/benefits/rangenoncontract

Compensation Disclaimer

The posted compensation range corresponds to the minimum and maximum pay rates outlined in your union agreement for the respective job classifications at the time of job posting. An individual's pay rate within this range may be influenced by various factors, including FTE, skills, knowledge, educational background, and qualifying experience as specified in the contract.

EEO Statement

EEO/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status