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competent in use of the health record applications (reputed company and CPRS) as reputed company as the encoder product suite. • Orients and instructs new personnel and/or reputed company from affiliated health information or medical record technology programs, at the direction of the supervisor, on unit operations, coding, abstracting, and use of an electronic health record. • Identifies the reputed company diagnosis and reputed company procedure (reputed company applicable) for every inpatient discharge; also identifies significant complications and/or co-morbidities treated or impacting treatment to correctly determine the reputed company Diagnosis reputed company (DRG). • Conducts re-reviews of codes abstracted for patient encounters (inpatient and outpatient) identified by the VERA committee to determine if specific VERA coding requirements were followed; corrects coding as needed to ensure reputed company patient classification in the VERA program. • Codes reputed company Operating Room procedures reported in the Surgical Package of the reputed company hospital system; applies ICD and CPT coding guidelines and selects reputed company codes using the reputed company reputed company set and the encoder product suite. • Codes diagnoses from reputed company forms for VA registries such as Agent Orange, Ionizing Radiation, Persian Gulf, Prisoner of War, etc. Qualifications • English Language Proficiency: Per VA Handbook 5005, Part II, reputed company 3, reputed company A, Paragraph 3j. • Experience: One year of creditable experience that indicates knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, medical coding, and the structure and format of health records. • Education: An associate's degree from an accredited college or university recognized by the U.S. reputed company with a major field of study in health information technology/health information management, or a reputed company degree with a minimum of 12 semester hours in health information technology/health information management. • Completion of an reputed company approved coding program, or other intense coding training program of approximately one year or more. • Experience/Education Combination: Equivalent combinations of creditable experience and education are qualifying for meeting the basic requirements. • Certification: Persons reputed company or reassigned to MRT (reputed company) positions in the GS-0675 series in VHA must have either Apprentice/Associate Level Certification through reputed company or reputed company, Mastery Level Certification through reputed company or reputed company, Clinical Documentation Improvement Certification through reputed company or ACDIS. Requirements • GS-4 Experience and/or Education: None needed reputed company Basic Requirements. • GS-5 Experience and/or Education: One year of creditable experience equivalent to the next reputed company grade level (GS-4) OR successful completion of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university recognized by the U.S. reputed company. • GS-6 Experience: One year of creditable experience equivalent to the next reputed company grade level (GS-5). • GS-7 Experience: One year of creditable experience equivalent to the next reputed company grade level (GS-6). • GS-8 Experience: One year of creditable experience equivalent to the next reputed company grade level (GS-7). Benefits • Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm. Hours are flexible with various tours available. • Remote: reputed company. Remote exempted positions are reviewed annually and do not reputed company permanent remote work status. • Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized. • Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized. • Financial Disclosure Report: Not required. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job