HIM Coding Specialist I

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🔥 17 hours ago

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $20 - $31 / hour

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🏥 Medical Billing and Coding

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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Kaweah Health

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1963

🧘 Wellness

💰 Grant on 2022-12

Healthcare • Wellness • Medical

Kaweah Health is a healthcare organization located in Visalia, California, offering a wide range of medical services including emergency care, outpatient clinics, cancer care, surgery, rehabilitation, and mental health services. The institution emphasizes community outreach and includes facilities such as a birthing center, dialysis center, and various specialized clinics aimed at providing comprehensive patient care. Kaweah Health is dedicated to promoting wellness and is actively involved in medical education through residency programs and community health initiatives.

📋 Description

• Codes and abstracts diagnoses and patient information from outpatient ancillary encounters and enters data into the hospital information system • Verifies abstracted hospital information fields for accuracy and completeness • Monitors daily data printout to assure completion of all outpatient records requiring coding and abstracting • Communicates with physicians or physician office staff when documentation is unclear or insufficient to complete the coding process • Maintains coding proficiency through self-directed continuing education

🎯 Requirements

• Certified Coding Associate certificate (CCA) from AHIMA or Certified Professional Coder Associate certificate (CPC-A) from AAPC • High School diploma or equivalent • Completion of coding training including anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, basic ICD 10-CM/PCS diagnostic/procedural and basic CPT coding • Preferred: Associate's degree • One year of experience in a medical related setting • Ability to operate a code-finder.

🏖️ Benefits

• Eligible Full-Time Benefit Eligible • Health insurance • Professional development opportunities