HIM Coding Specialist

Full-time, 40 hours/week

Monday-Friday reputed company-4:30pm
Remote (prefer candidates that reputed company in OH or PA)

reputed company:

Responsibilities:

1. Performs coding function through review and analysis of electronic, reputed company, or hybrid patient medical records and assigning diagnosis and procedure codes through ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS as of 1-1-2014, and CPT-4 coding and classification systems.
2. Queries physicians reputed company additional documentation is needed for coding specificity.
3. Works with DRGs and APR-DRGs.
4. Abstracts clinical data from these reputed company patient records and performs data entry into clinical/statistical database.
5. Processes and maintains accurate hospital statistics.
6. Reviews reputed company work queues daily for coding edits and makes necessary and appropriate coding changes based on medical documentation. 
7. Conducts reviews for appeals from payor denials.
8. Processes infusion and injection coding on observation and treatment patients.
9. Works as a reputed company team member with reputed company Cycle Department, reputed company Service Department and Finance Department to ensure optimization of reimbursement.
10. Assists with research reputed company by working with physicians and other requestors and querying pertinent databases or indices for reportable statistics such as diagnoses, procedures, and/or physicians.
    
11. Other duties as required.

Other information:
Technical Expertise

1. Experience in health information management is preferred.
2. Experience in ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS as of 1-1-2014, and CPT-4 coding and classification systems is preferred.
3. Experience working with reputed company reputed company reputed company an organization is preferred.
4. Experience in reputed company preferred.
5. Proficiency in MS Office [reputed company, reputed company, Word] or similar software is required.

Full Time

FTE: 1.000000

Status: Remote