Job Description

Position Overview:

Join our team as a Senior Medical Coder, where you will play a vital role in ensuring accurate coding and billing processes within our acute care facility. This position involves handling both inpatient and outpatient accounts, and your expertise will help us accurately assign ICD-10-CM diagnostic and procedure codes to clinical encounters. By following regulatory guidelines and CMS Official Guidelines for coding and reporting, you will contribute to ensuring precise reimbursement.

Job Type: Fully Remote (Work from Home)

Responsibilities:

Assign appropriate DRG and ICD-10 codes to diagnoses and procedures for billing purposes.
Collaborate with healthcare providers to clarify documentation for accurate code assignment.
Conduct audits to monitor coding accuracy and compliance with regulatory requirements.
Adhere to Health Information Management (HIM) coding policies.
Interpret and apply American Hospital Association (AHA) Official Coding Guidelines to support appropriate principal and secondary diagnoses and procedures.
Follow The Joint Commission (TJC) and other third-party documentation guidelines to continually improve coding quality and accuracy.
Maintain a strong knowledge of anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, disease pathology, and medical terminology.
Utilize basic coding conventions and coding nomenclature consistent with CMS Official Guidelines for ICD-10-CM and PCS coding.
Navigate the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) to identify appropriate documentation for coding and billing to support submitted department charges.
Qualifications:

Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), or CIC Coding Credential (required).
Experience with HB Coding in EPIC and 3M systems (preferred).
A minimum of 3 years of experience in medical coding, including both inpatient and outpatient experience (required).
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: $ 30.00 40.00 Per Hour

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Full time, Remote job, Work from home,

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