RI Coder II

Norman Regional; Norman (OK); Remote; USD 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Norman Regional is seeking a remote health information coder to assign accurate medical codes for various patient types and abstract essential data into the hospital information system. The role requires maintaining coding expertise and monitoring in-progress accounts to meet daily DNFB targets.

The candidate should have at least one year of professional coding experience and actively pursue AHIMA or AAPC certifications such as RHIA/RHIT/CCS or CPC/COC/CIC.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Associates in health information management or related field.
• Active pursuit of RHIA/RHIT/CCS and/or CPC/COC/CIC certifications.

Responsibilities

• Assign appropriate codes to a limited amount of patient types.
• Abstract critical information and enter data into hospital information system.
• Monitor accounts "in process" for diagnosis to assure daily DNFB standard is met.
• Maintain a high level of coding expertise.

Skills

Medical coding

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelors or Associates in health information management

Tools

Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems

Job description

Job Summary

• Assigns appropriate codes to a limited amount of patient types.
• Abstracts critical information and enters data into hospital information system.
• Monitors accounts "in process" for diagnosis to assure daily DNFB standard is met.
• Maintains high level of coding expertise.
• Remote coding placement.

Qualifications

• Ability to abstract health information utilizing current coding guidelines on various patient types.

Education

• Bachelors of Science or Associates in Applied Arts/Science or equivalent years of experience. Actively seek to obtain certification with American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) as a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), or Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) and/or Registration with American Association of Professional Coders (AAPC) as a Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Outpatient Coder (COC), Certified Inpatient Coder (CIC) or other equivalent coding certification.

Experience

• Minimum of one year of professional coding experience required.