Medical Coder - Spencer Hospital

Sioux Center Health; Spencer (IA); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wages

Affordable insurance

IPERS retirement

In-house education

Paid time off

Family gym membership

Job summary

Spencer Hospital in Spencer, IA is seeking a qualified Medical Records Coder to assign ICD-10 and CPT4 codes for inpatient and outpatient records, supporting reimbursement, research, and compliance. The role emphasizes accuracy, regulatory adherence, and collaboration with Patient Accounts and physicians.

Required qualifications include an RHIT or RHIA eligibility, CCS, or an AS in Medical Secretary. EPIC experience is preferred and remote work is possible under Spencer Hospital's Home

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Health Information/Medical Record Technology or RHIA/CCS eligibility.
• Hospital or clinic coding experience preferred.
• EPIC experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assigns codes to diagnosis and procedures for inpatient and outpatient medical records.
• Coding supports reimbursement, research, compliance with regulations and severity of illness.
• Conduct quality review audits and monitor coding backlog.
• Validate abstracted data against the medical record and enter additional elements as appropriate.
• Interact with Patient Accounts and Physician Office staff on billing issues with regulatory ethics.
• Enter necessary charges and assign E/M codes for various departments.

Skills

Medical coding

Regulatory compliance

Critical thinking

Healthcare documentation

Education

RHIT (eligible)

RHIA (eligible)

CCS

AS in Medical Secretary

Tools

EPIC

Job description

Location

Spencer, IA

Worker Type

Regular

Work Shift

Day Shift (United States of America)

Spencer Hospital is proud to employ highly skilled and caring staff members. We offer competitive salaries and benefits as well as a pleasant work environment.

Position Highlights

Spencer Hospital is a rural hospital located in northwest Iowa employing over 500+ employees. Positions at Spencer Hospital are not affiliated with Avera; however, we collaborate to provide services to the communities we serve. Employment offers, if accepted, are exclusively with Spencer Hospital.

Responsibilities

• Assigns codes to diagnosis and procedures for inpatient and outpatient medical records using ICD-10 and CPT 4 coding classification systems.
• Coding assignments are made for the purposes of reimbursement, research, compliance with federal and state regulations/guidelines and for severity of illness.
• Adheres to regulatory requirements, is ethical in assignment of codes and meets continuing education requirements.
• Complete continuing educations requirements for maintenance of credential(s) and departmental Coding Compliance Plan.
• Monitors the status of coding backlog and unbilled accounts receivable.
• Flexible in moving to various assignments to maximize section efficiency and reduce A/R.
• Interacts with Patient Accounts and Physician Office staff on billing related issues with particular attention to regulatory requirements and ethics.
• Enter necessary charges.
• Assigns E & M code assignments for Emergency, Hospitalist, Wound Care and Behavioral Health physician/provider for billing purposes.
• Routes questionable E & M coding cases to physician representative for clarification.
• Assigns codes for specialty areas such as clinics, oncology etc, which are accurate and meet special regulatory requirements.
• Assigns codes for interim billing purposes (RCA).
• Conduct quality review audits
• Assigns appropriate status on surgical patients
• Validates abstracted data against the medical record and enters additional data elements as appropriate.
• Utilizes critical thinking while completing the abstract for recognition of data elements requiring follow-up.
• Engages in caring and professional communication.

Requirements

• Associate degree in Health Information/Medical Record Technology (RHIT or eligible) or Bachelors degree in Health Information/Registered Health Information Administration (RHIA or eligible); and/or Certified Coding Specialist (CCS); and/or Associate degree of Applied Science in Medical Secretary Program preferred.
• Hospital or clinic coding experience preferred.
• Experience with EPIC preferred.
• Position has the ability to be remote; must adhere to Spencer Hospital's Home Employment Policy.

Schedule

• 80 hours per pay period
• Mon-Fri; 8a-4:30p
• The schedule may fluctuate based upon needs of the department

Benefits

• Spencer Hospital offers competitive wages, affordable insurance, IPERS retirement, in-house education, paid time off, family gym membership and so much more!

Please contact Spencer Hospital Human Resources for any questions at 712.264.6205 or email [e-mail] more about Spencer Hospital: spencerhospital.org