Medical Coder 3

Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation is seeking a qualified medical coder to handle outpatient coding for diagnoses and procedures, with focus on education and leadership within the coding team. You will support education of staff and providers, drive accuracy, and contribute to documentation improvement efforts.

The role emphasizes coding accuracy, training responsibilities, and collaboration with clinical staff to ensure medical necessity and proper reimbursement across acute and

Qualifications

• Over one year of outpatient physician coding experience with ICD-9-CM and CPT-4.
• Two years in an acute care facility or integrated health system.
• One year of documented successful physician education.
• CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CCS, CCS-P, RHIT, RHIA certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Code diagnoses and procedures for records for reimbursement, research, and statistics.
• Provide daily feedback and education to providers, staff and patients.
• Lead the team and assist onboarding of new staff and education.
• Support documentation improvement and medical necessity research.

Skills

Outpatient coding

Team leadership

Education delivery

Education

Associates degree

Tools

ICD-9-CM

CPT-4

HCPCS

ICD-10

CPC

CCS

RHIT

RHIA

Job description

Overview

Codes diagnoses and procedures of patient records and abstracting information for reimbursement, research, and to generate statistical data. Perform daily feedback and education to providers, staff and patients of BMG. Assist with education of current coding staff. Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Codes diagnoses and procedures of records.
• Completes assigned goals.
• Serves as a resource to physican office staff, clinical documentation specialist, case managers, etc.
• Act as lead for the team, assisting in onboarding of new staff and/or education of more specialized workflows.
• Assist in research of new speciality areas, new treatments in medicine, etc.
• Work with new acquisitions on documentation improvement and medical necessity, including education.

Specifications

Experience

Minimum Required

• Over one year of experience in physician /professional, outpatient surgery, and/or emergency department coding. Skill and proficiency in coding physician/professional outpatient (ancillary, emergency department, or outpatient surgery, etc) records utilizing ICD-9-CM and CPT-4 . Two years experience in an acute care facility, professional office or integrated health system. One year of documented successful physician education.

Education

Minimum Required

• Skill and proficiency in coding physician/professional and outpatient (ancillary, emergency department, oupatient surgery, etc. ) records utilizing ICD-9-CM and CPT -4 through 5 years experience in an acute care facility, professional office or intergrated health system. Skill in communicating clearly and effectively using standard English in written, oral and verbal format to achieve high productivity and efficiency. Skill to write legibly and record information accurately as necessary to perform job duties. CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CCS, CCS-P, RHIT, RHIA

Preferred/Desired

• Associates degree

Training

Minimum Required

• CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CCS, CCS-P, RHIT, RHIA, HCPCS, ICD-10, ICD-9, CPT-4

Special Skills

Preferred/Desired

• Physician education, leadership, mentoring, workflow documentation

Licensure

• One of the following: Certified Coding Specialist (CSS), Certified Coding Specialist Physician (CCSP), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Outpatient Coder (COC/CPCH), Certified Professional Coder Payer (CPCP).

Minimum Required

• COC/CPCH;CPC-P ;CCS-P;RHIT;RHIA;CPC;CCS