Home Health & Hospice Coding Specialist

HealthPartners; Minnesota; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Regions is hiring a Health Information Coding Analyst to support multiple sites and participate in a team handling complex coding scenarios to ensure accurate ICD-10 and CPT coding for inpatient and outpatient encounters.

The role emphasizes Home Health and Hospice coding with a focus on accurate documentation review, adherence to coding guidelines, and collaboration to improve reimbursement and data quality. Strong detail orientation is essential.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an associate or bachelor’s degree program in health information, completion of a coding specialist program or AHIMA or AAPC credential exam.
• 3-5 years’ experience in ICD-10/CPT coding.
• Knowledge of CPT-4, ICD-10 CM/PCS coding guidelines, rules and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Select the diagnoses and procedures that require coding according to current coding and reporting requirements for acute care services for inpatient and outpatient.
• Review provider documentation to determine principal diagnosis, comorbidities and complications, secondary conditions and procedures; write queries as necessary.
• Interpret classification conventions, formats, and definitions to select diagnoses and procedures that require coding.
• Extract required information from source documentation and enter into encoder abstracting system.
• Identify non-payment conditions and report as needed to prevent denials.

Skills

ICD-10/CPT coding

Anatomy & physiology

Medical terminology

Communication skills

Computer skills

Education

Health information degree (AA/BS)

Coding credential (AHIMA/AAPC)

Tools

Encoder/abstracting software

Job description

Regions is hiring a Health Information Coding Analyst to support multiple sites and participate in a team handling complex coding scenarios to ensure accurate ICD-10 and CPT coding for inpatient and outpatient encounters.

The role emphasizes Home Health and Hospice coding with a focus on accurate documentation review, adherence to coding guidelines, and collaboration to improve reimbursement and data quality. Strong detail orientation is essential.