Inpatient Coder

APR Consulting; Des Peres (MO); Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare staffing provider as an Inpatient Coder. This fully remote role involves coding and abstracting inpatient accounts while ensuring compliance with coding guidelines. You'll work with a variety of complex surgical and medical cases, collaborating with clinical teams to validate documentation. If you have a passion for healthcare and coding expertise, this is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact in the field. Don't miss your chance to be part of a dynamic team that values your skills and offers a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• Expertise in coding and abstracting inpatient accounts per guidelines.
• Ability to validate MSDRG and patient safety indicators.

Responsibilities

• Assign accurate diagnostic and procedure codes for inpatient accounts.
• Coordinate with quality teams to ensure documentation validation.
• Monitor work queues to ensure timely record charging.

Skills

Inpatient Coding

Diagnostic Coding

Procedure Coding

Clinical Documentation

Education

Certified Coding Specialist (CCS)

Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA)

Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT)

Job description

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Base pay range

$36.00/hr - $36.00/hr

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APR Consulting, Inc. has been engaged to identify an Inpatient Coder

Location: Des Peres, MO 63131 - FULLY REMOTE

Position: Medical Insurance Coordinator

Pay Rate: $36.66/hr

Duration: 8 weeks

Expected Shift: Day 5x8-Hour (08:00 - 16:00)

JOB SUMMARY

Responsible for coding and abstracting inpatient accounts in accordance with coding guidelines. Inpatient Coder needed - No level 1 trauma, but wide variety of complex surgical and medical cases.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assigns accurate diagnostic and procedure codes according to clinical documentation and official coding guidelines for inpatient hospital accounts.
• Coordinates with the clinical documentation and quality teams to ensure validation of Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group (MSDRG), patient safety indicators, and hospital acquired conditions are supported by physician documentation to support appropriate coding.
• Monitors assigned work queues to ensure all records are charged in a timely manner.
• Generates coding queries for clarification regarding physician documentation as needed.
• Stays abreast of all changes in coding conventions and coding updates.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching, and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
• Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

Required Professional License and/or Certifications (choose one)

• Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) - American Health Information Management Assoc (AHIMA)
• Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) - American Health Information Management Assoc (AHIMA)
• Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) - American Health Information Management Assoc (AHIMA)

Our client is one of the largest Healthcare Staffing Providers in the United States, assigned at one of their affiliated hospitals/healthcare facilities.

Since 1980, APR Consulting, Inc. has provided professional recruiting and contingent workforce solutions to a diverse range of clients, industries, and skill sets nationwide.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Don't miss out on this opportunity! If your experience matches this position, please apply today and join our team. We look forward to working with you!

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Administrative

Industries

• Hospitals and Health Care

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