Able to organize and present information clearly and concisely; excellent computer and keyboarding skills; ability to use multiple software programs simultaneously; high degree of prioritization skills.
•High level of expertise as a coding professional.
•Dependable, self-motivated and pleasant
•Utilize and demonstrate excellent critical-thinking, problem-solving and deductive-reasoning skills •Knowledge and expertise in Coding Guidelines and Coding Clinic.
•Knowledge of pathophysiology, disease processes and treatments
•Knowledge of regulatory environment
•Strong ability to organize/triage work and manage multiple priorities at once with little supervision. •Possesses knowledge about risk adjustment and hospital publicly reported data.
•Possesses knowledge about patient safety indicators, SOI/ROM, and the importance of hospital publicly reported data, value based purchasing, and how coding impacts these measures.
Qualifications
The expertise and experiences you’ll need to succeed:
· High school diploma and medical coding certificate program or 2 year HIM program.
· 3 years of experience in an acute care inpatient coding position
· CPC or CPC-P, or CCS or RHIA or RHIT with required years of experience
