Remote Inpatient Coder II - ICD-10 Expert & Mentor

Mosaic Life Care; Jackson (MS); Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness programs

Free parking

On-site health clinics

Job summary

Mosaic Life Care is seeking an Inpatient Coder II to assign ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes for acute care inpatient, rehab, swing bed and LTACH services. You will query providers for documentation, resolve edits, and mentor coders while ensuring regulatory compliance.

Must have HIM coding education and 3 years of inpatient acute care experience; CCS/RHIA/RHIT or RHIT/RHIA preferred. Remote work is available for specific states.

Qualifications

• Must have coding education with knowledge of medical terminology, pharmacology and anatomy, query guidelines
• 3 Years of experience in HIM inpatient acute care coding
• CCS, RHIA or RHIT certification required or preferred

Responsibilities

• Codes complex diseases, procedures and diagnoses using ICD-10-CM/PCS per guidelines.
• Queries providers following Official Query Guidelines to improve documentation.
• Mentors and trains coders.
• Attains coding quality and productivity goals.
• Collaborates with clinical documentation integrity, revenue integrity, and other departments to ensure documentation and coding accuracy.
• Keeps data accuracy for regulatory reporting by resolving edits.
• Completes special coding projects and basic/intermediate analysis using reports.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

ICD-10-CM/PCS coding

HIM inpatient coding

Query guidelines

Education/mentoring

Communication skills

Education

Associate's Degree - Health Information Management / Medical Records

Bachelor's Degree - Health Information Management / Medical Records

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Electronic Medical Record (EMR)

Encoder

Job description

Mosaic Life Care is seeking an Inpatient Coder II to assign ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes for acute care inpatient, rehab, swing bed and LTACH services. You will query providers for documentation, resolve edits, and mentor coders while ensuring regulatory compliance.

Must have HIM coding education and 3 years of inpatient acute care experience; CCS/RHIA/RHIT or RHIT/RHIA preferred. Remote work is available for specific states.