Facility Inpatient Coding Specialist

HCA Healthcare; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

HCA Healthcare is seeking an Inpatient Coder to review hospital inpatient medical records and assign appropriate ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes. This role, requiring expertise in coding standards and healthcare documentation, offers a chance to contribute significantly to patient care and operational efficiency.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical coverage

401(k) Plan with match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Education assistance

Time Away From Work Program

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of acute care hospital inpatient coding required.
• 1-3 years preferred.
• High School graduate or equivalent required.

Responsibilities

• Review and evaluate hospital inpatient medical record documentation.
• Assign, sequence, edit, and validate ICD-10 codes.
• Maintain established accuracy and productivity standards.

Skills

ICD-10-CM coding

ICD-10-PCS coding

medical record evaluation

code validation

Education

High School graduate or GED equivalent

Undergraduate (Associate's or Bachelor's) degree in HIM/HIT

RHIA, RHIT or CCS certification

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Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. Submit your application for our Inpatient Coder opening with Parallon today and find out what it truly means to be a part of the HCA Healthcare team.

Work from Home, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

We are seeking an Inpatient Coder for our team to ensure that we continue to provide all patients with high quality, efficient care. Did you get into our industry for these reasons? We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do. We want you to apply!

Job Summary and Qualifications

As an Inpatient Coding Specialist, you will review and evaluate hospital inpatient medical record documentation to assign, sequence, edit, and/or validate the appropriate ICD-10 -CM and ICD-10- PCS codes. You will perform coding and/or code/DRG validation across multiple entities.

What you will do in this role:

• Assigns, sequences, validates , and/or edits codes/DRGs and abstracted data (e.g., physician, discharge disposition, query tracking) for inpatient records for multiple facilities using ICD-10CM and ICD-10-PCS to include:
• Diagnosis description with appropriate 3-7 digit code assignment with corresponding Present On Admission (POA)
• Procedure description with appropriate 7 digit ICD-10-PCS code, date and surgeon
• Where applicable, completes the coding portion of the IRF-PAI
• Maintains or exceeds established accuracy standards
• Maintains or exceeds established productivity standards
• Utilizes the complete patient medical record documentation in code/DRG assignment, validation, and/or editing of codes/DRGs
• Initiates, reviews, and/or edits physician queries in compliance with Company and HSC policy where appropriate
• As needed, may periodically be asked to perform Coding Account Resolution Specialist III (CARS III) duties

Qualification you will need:

• High School graduate or GED equivalent required
• Undergraduate (Associate's or Bachelor's) degree in HIM/HIT preferred
• Minimum 1 year of acute care hospital inpatient coding required , 3 years preferred
• RHIA, RHIT or CCS preferred

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Parallon provides full-service revenue cycle management, or total patient account resolution, for HCA Healthcare. Our services include scheduling, registration, insurance verification, hospital billing, revenue integrity, collections, payment compliance, credentialing, health information management, customer service, payroll and physician billing. We also provide full-service revenue cycle management as well as targeted solutions, such as Medicaid Eligibility, for external clients across the country. Parallon has over 17,000 colleagues, and serves close to 1,000 hospitals and 3,000 physician practices, all making an impact on patients, providers and their communities.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

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"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it." - Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Inpatient Coder opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

What matters most to our talented colleagues is giving people the absolute best healthcare in the most compassionate way possible.

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