Primary Responsibilities:
- Codes medical records using coding classifications to ensure data integrity and proper assignments
- Analyzes medical records to ensure accurate coding and sends provider feedback to improve the quality of documentation
- Collects and abstracts data elements
- Addresses unbilled and incomplete records
- Identifies and suggests areas of improvement in high compliance risk coding areas
- May train new staff and answering specialty related process questions
- May guide work of associate staff
You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:
- Professional coder certification with credentialing from AHIMA and/or AAPC (CCS, RHIA, RHIT, CIC, CPC, COC, CPC-P) to be maintained annually
- 2+ years of coding experience
- 18 years or older
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Health Information Administration
- Associate’s or Vocational degree in Health Information Technician
- Coding experience for credentialed RHIT or RHIA
- Experience in ICD10 CM & PCS
- Epic Experience
