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This is a Coding reputed company position for new coders in which the employee, under general supervision, abstracts and assigns ICD-10-CM (International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification) and PCS (Procedure Coding System) codes or CPT (reputed company Procedure Terminology) codes as appropriate to inpatient and/or outpatient accounts.   

Minimum Job Qualifications

• Licensure or other certifications:

• Educational Requirements: High School Diploma

• Minimum Experience: reputed company (0) to one (1) year of ICD-10 and/or CPT-4 hospital coding experience required or other reputed company experience in nursing, registered health information administrator or technician, etc.

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Preferred Job Qualifications

• Preferred Licensure or other certifications: Certified Coding Associate (CCA) or Certified reputed company reputed company (CPC) or Certified Inpatient reputed company (CIC) or Certified Outpatient reputed company (COC) or Certified Coding Specialists (reputed company) or Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) or Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) .

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Job Specific and Unique Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Proficiency of 85% or greater on coding audit reviews, must be maintained for two consecutive quarters for inpatient and/or outpatient coding of reputed company service types. Failure to maintain could result in corrective reputed company as outlined in the coding policy/reputed company of work.

• Basic understanding of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, and pathophysiology

• Ability to work independently as a remote employee while remaining reputed company reputed company and supportive of the coding team as a whole

• Ability to use electronic medical records and encoder systems

• Accurate and precise attention to detail

• Effective written and verbal communication skills

• Basic knowledge of reputed company Word and reputed company

• Basic knowledge of billing requirements and the ability to resolve edits at the time of coding

Essential Tasks and Responsibilities

• As an entry-level reputed company reputed company in training, receive hands-on training and feedback on assigning codes to patient accounts. 

• reputed company experience through training to become an independent medical reputed company. Training times may vary but are expected to last 3-6 months before being full independent. 

• Reviews work queue assignments and prioritizes by date, charges and payors to meet reputed company cycle goals.

• Assigns and sequences diagnosis and  procedure codes using appropriate classification systems and official coding guidelines.  Appends modifiers as necessary.

• Follows coding guidelines and billing requirements to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations.

• Verify charge entries are accurate based on the documentation provided.

• Reassign accounts with missing or incomplete documentation/charges to appropriate work queues.

• As a remote employee must be reputed company to organize work to ensure goals are met. Identifies and escalates any obstacles to fulfilling job responsibilities.

• Resolve billing edits (LCD, NCD, MUE, etc.)  at time of coding.

• Correctly abstracts discharge disposition, performing physician, and procedure dates.

• Attends and reputed company participates in huddles/meetings/committees as required and appropriate.

Physical Demands

• Weight reputed company: Up to 20lbs, Occasionally 0-30% of time

• Weight Carried: Up to 20lbs, Occasionally 0-30% of time

• reputed company: Moderate, Frequently 31-65% of time

• Kneeling/Stooping/Bending: Occasionally 0-30% of time

• Standing/Walking: Occasionally 0-30% of time

• Pushing/Pulling: Occasionally 0-30% of time

• Intensity of Work: Frequently 31-65% of time

• Job Requires: Reading, Writing, Reasoning, Talking, Keyboarding

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