Inpatient Coder II

Commonspirit; Englewood (CO); On-site; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled coding professional to join their team. This advanced position involves coding and abstracting inpatient records, ensuring accurate data retrieval and analysis. You will work within a supportive environment that values your unique talents and commitment to a greater cause. With a focus on innovation and community health, you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact while enjoying a comprehensive benefits package. Join a team where your contributions truly matter and help shape the future of healthcare in a meaningful way.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, & Vision options

Dependent Care FSA

Retirement account options with employer match

Tuition Reimbursement

Student Loan Forgiveness

Qualifications

• 4+ years coding experience in inpatient acute care setting preferred.
• Competency in inpatient coding guidelines and DRG assignment required.

Responsibilities

• Code and abstract inpatient records for data retrieval and analysis.
• Meet quality and productivity coding standards using the 3M encoder.

Skills

Inpatient coding guidelines

ICD-10 CM

CPT-4

HCPCS

Medical terminology

Anatomy and physiology

Pharmacology

Microsoft Office

Remote work experience

Education

High School Diploma/G.E.D.

Associate's Degree

Tools

3M encoder

Job description

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Welcome To CommonSpirit Health Mountain Region

CommonSpirit Health Mountain Region is committed to building healthier communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen—both inside our hospitals and out in the community. With locations throughout Colorado, Utah, and Kansas, we deliver the same high standard of care to our employees as we do to our patients. Our 20 hospitals, emergency and urgent care centers, home care and hospice, Flight for Life ColoradoTM , telehealth and over 240 physician practices and clinics offer endless opportunities! Here, you can grow your career and impact the people in the communities you serve.

CommonSpirit Health is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit, faith-based health systems, with a team of over 150,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians. CommonSpirit operates more than 2,200 care sites and 140 hospitals, serving some of the most diverse communities across the nation, letting humankindness lead the way.

Schedule: M-F 8 hours. Can choose hours between 4:30 am -7:00pm

Overview

You have a purpose, unique talents and NOW is the time to embrace it, live it and put it to work. We value incredible people with incredible skills – but your commitment to a greater cause is something we value even more. This is the heartbeat of our organization and your time will be spent in a supportive, team environment with resources to help you flourish and leaders who care about your success.

This is an advanced level coding position that codes and abstracts Inpatient records for data retrieval, analysis, reimbursement and research. Codes and enters diagnostic and procedure codes into a designated coding and abstracting system utilizing the 3M encoder, as appropriate. Meets quality and productivity coding standards and demonstrates the ability to navigate an EMR. Ability to code across all facilities.

State Availability:

Along with CO, KS and NM, this position is open to remote/out of state candidates residing in only these states:

• Alabama
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• Colorado
• Florida
• Georgia
• Idaho
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Missouri
• Mississippi
• Nebraska
• New Mexico
• North Carolina
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Virginia
• West Virginia
• Wyoming

Qualifications

In addition to bringing your whole self to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following:

• A minimum of 4 years coding experience preferably in an inpatient acute care setting or a minimum of 2 years’ experience and successful completion of the Internal coding program
• Must demonstrate competency of inpatient coding guidelines and DRG assignment
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and emails and troubleshooting computer problems
• Experience successfully working in a remote environment, preferred
• Demonstrate intermediate to advanced technical coding competency in ICD-10 CM, CPT-4, HCPCS and Coding Modifiers Knowledge of disease management, anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, pharmacology and coding systems (i.e. 3M)
• High School Diploma/G.E.D. required.
• Associate's Degree, Preferred
• Current AHIMA credentials (i.e. RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P) or AAPC credentials (COC, CIC, CPC-H, CPC), required or must be certified within One Year of hire

Physical Requirements: Sedentary work -(prolonged periods of sitting and exert up to 10lbs force occasionally)

Your Connected Community

We believe in the healing power of humanity and serving the common good through our dedicated work and shared mission to celebrate humankindness.

CommonSpirit Mountain Region’s Corporate Service Center is headquartered in Centennial, CO where our corporate leaders and centralized teams support our hospitals, clinics and people – including marketing, human resources, employee benefits, finance, billing, talent acquisition/development, payor relations, IT, project management, community benefit and more. Many of our centralized teams offer a remote work option which supports a healthy work-life balance while still providing a culture of collaboration and community where incredible people are doing incredible things every day.

Our Total Reward Offerings

We believe investing in our employees lets them know they truly matter. Your Total Rewards package includes compensation, benefits, retirement, wellness, leave, and other programs. Designed with your well-being in mind, we offer:

• Several Medical, Dental, & Vision options.
• Spending Accounts including a Dependent Care FSA that can include an employer contribution
• Retirement account options with a generous employer match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan Forgiveness, and so much more!

Pay Range: $27.86 - $47.28 /hour

Shift: Days
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Health Care Provider
Industries: Hospitals and Health Care