Remote Inpatient Medical Coder

Queens County Bar Association; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Remote Coding Specialist with at least three years of inpatient coding experience. This role is crucial for ensuring accurate coding, compliance with guidelines, and effective communication with providers. The position offers a competitive salary, a sign-on bonus, and extensive benefits including tuition reimbursement and health coverage.

Benefits

Flexible scheduling

Retirement savings program options with employer match

Professional Development and Tuition Reimbursement

Health, Dental, Vision Coverage plans

Earned Time Off

Sign-on bonus

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years’ inpatient coding experience required.
• Excellent computer communication skills for provider and staff interactions.
• Ability to handle multiple projects and prioritize tasks.

Responsibilities

• Meets established coding productivity and quality standards.
• Interprets health record documentation to determine diagnoses and procedures.
• Collaborates with CDI on diagnoses and reimbursement coding.

Skills

Technical coding expertise

Excellent communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

CCS certification (CCS+RHIT/RHIA preferred)

Job description

At East Alabama Health, we're committed to the continued pursuit of excellence with all of our partners to improve the quality of life for those we serve, to measure our progress against the highest standards in quality of care and quality of service, and to be fiscally responsible with our assets. We have a passion for providing the best possible care for every patient, every time, and to do so with empathy, kindness and care.

ABOUT THE JOB

- Meets established coding productivity and quality standards.
- Resolves Edits/Alerts in the Coding Encoder
- Follows the ICD-10-CM Official Coding Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM AND ICD-10-PCS, coding conventions and instructional notes to assign the appropriate diagnoses and procedures.
- Interprets health record documentation using knowledge of anatomy, physiology, clinical disease process, pharmacology, medical terminology to determine the Principal Diagnosis, secondary diagnoses, and procedures.
- Educates CDI on regulatory guidelines, Coding Clinics and conventions to report appropriate ICD-10-CM diagnoses.
- Collaborate with CDI on approximately 75% of discharges regarding the final MS or DRG and comorbidity diagnoses.
- Utilizes knowledge of MS-DRG’s, APR-DRG’s, AHRQ Elixhauser risk adjustment to sequence the appropriate ICD-10-CM codes within the top 24 fields to ensure correct reimbursement.
- Reviews Discharge Planning and nursing documentation to validate and correct, when necessary, the Discharge Disposition which impacts reimbursement under Medicare’s Post-Acute Transfer Policy.
- Utilizes resources within coding software to efficiently review documentation and select or assign ICD-10-PCS codes.
- Thoroughly reviews the provider notes within the electronic health record and the findings from the CDI specialist who reviewed the record and provide their clinical insight on the diagnoses.
- Utilizes expertise in clinical disease process and documentation, to assign Present on Admission (POA) values to all secondary diagnoses for quality metrics and reporting.
- Utilizes technical coding expertise to assign appropriate ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes to complex inpatient visit types.

ABOUT THE BENEFITS

- 100% Remote with flexible scheduling – Equipment provided
- Retirement savings program options with employer match
- Professional Development and Tuition Reimbursement/ Scholarship Program
- Earned Time Off
- 529 College Savings Plan with employer match
- Health, Dental, Vision Coverage plans
- Basic Life Coverage

SIGN-ON BONUS OFFERING DETAILS

East Alabama Health may offer a $3,000 Sign-On bonus to the full-time hire that fills this vacancy, provided they meet the requirement of 3–5 years of professional inpatient coding experience, as determined at the hiring managers' discretion.

WORKING AT EAST ALABAMA HEALTH

At East Alabama Health, we offer opportunities that go beyond health care. Located in one of the fastest growing regions in the state, we continue to expand the services we offer within our health system as well as the opportunities to help our employees grow and develop throughout their career. This includes offering excellent benefits, competitive pay, educational opportunities, leadership opportunities, scholarships, residency programs, and much more. Wherever you want to go in your healthcare career, we will help you get there.

QUALIFICATIONS

- A minimum of three years’ experience is required with Inpatient Coding experience
- Current CCS certification (CCS+RHIT/RHIA preferred)
- A high school diploma or equivalent
- Position requires excellent computer/ communication skills for provider and staff interactions.
- Candidate must have ability to handle multiple projects and appropriately prioritize tasks to meet deadlines.
- Candidate must have excellent organizational skills.
- Candidate must live within the United States and hold U.S. Citizenship status

Visit East Alabama Health's position here: REMOTE CODING SPECIALIST V - EAMC MEDICAL RECORDS in OPELIKA, AL - East Alabama Health CareerSite