Senior Hospital Inpatient Coder III – DRG & Data Accuracy

Emory Healthcare; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

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Job summary

Emory Healthcare is seeking a Hospital Inpatient Coder III to assign ICD-9/ICD-10 codes for inpatient encounters with high accuracy, collaborating with physicians and clinical documentation partners to support billing and compliance.

The right candidate has 5 years of inpatient/outpatient coding in acute care, solid knowledge of MS-DRGs and medical terminology, and will participate in data extraction for reporting and quality outcomes and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent; 5 years inpatient and outpatient coding experience in an acute care environment.
• Must complete coding proficiency evaluation; extensive knowledge of MS-DRGs, disease process, clinical pharmacology, anatomy and physiology, and medical terminology.

Responsibilities

• The Hospital Inpatient Coder III uses clinical coding knowledge based on the Official Coding Conventions guidelines and AHA Coding Clinic, to assign ICD-9 and/or ICD-10 codes to the highest level of accuracy for each inpatient encounter.
• Ensures accuracy of DRGs and appropriate extraction of core data into HIM abstracting system to data warehouse repository.

Skills

MS-DRGs knowledge

Inpatient/outpatient coding

Clinical documentation improvement

Medical terminology

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

HIM abstracting system

Job description

Emory Healthcare is seeking a Hospital Inpatient Coder III to assign ICD-9/ICD-10 codes for inpatient encounters with high accuracy, collaborating with physicians and clinical documentation partners to support billing and compliance.

The right candidate has 5 years of inpatient/outpatient coding in acute care, solid knowledge of MS-DRGs and medical terminology, and will participate in data extraction for reporting and quality outcomes and regulatory compliance.