Senior Inpatient Coder-REMOTE- Full time, Days

Centra Health; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa Hunt is seeking a Hospital Inpatient Coding Specialist to review inpatient medical records and assign ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes and ICD-10-PCS procedure codes to derive APR-DRG or MS-DRG for optimal reimbursement.

You will collaborate with the Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialist to ensure accuracy per Centra’s coding policies, abstract pertinent information, and formulate provider queries to clarify documentation.

Responsibilities

• Review inpatient medical records and assign ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes.
• Assign ICD-10-PCS procedure codes.
• Abstract pertinent information according to established guidelines.
• Formulate provider queries to clarify documentation when needed.

Job description

The Hospital Inpatient Coding Specialist reviews inpatient medical records and assigns International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10 CM) diagnosis and International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) procedure codes that derives an All Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Group (APR-DRG) or Medical Severity Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) for optimal reimbursement. The Hospital Inpatient Coding Specialist will work in collaboration with the Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialist at times to ensure accuracy consistent with Centra’s coding policies. The Hospital Inpatient Coding Specialist will abstract pertinent information according to established guidelines for the organization and will formulate provider queries to clarify information.