Certified Coder – Emergency Medicine

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🕒 May 20

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WashU IT

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501 - 1000 employees

📚 Education

🏢 Enterprise

☁️ SaaS

Education • Enterprise • SaaS

WashU IT is the information technology department of Washington University in St. Louis, providing essential IT services and support for the university's students, faculty, and staff. The department is integral to facilitating the university’s academic, research, and administrative functions, ensuring that technological resources and solutions are efficiently delivered and maintained across the university’s campuses. WashU IT also plays a crucial role in helping the university confront complex technological challenges and enhance its operational capabilities.

📋 Description

• Reviews the documentation in the record to identify all pertinent facts necessary to select the comprehensive diagnoses and procedures that fully describe the patients conditions and treatment • Codes evaluation and management to appropriate CPT code and codes diagnosis to appropriate ICD-10 code • Meets with physicians to review documentation, resolve coding and secure signature of all unsigned dates of service, tagging files for follow up • Acts as lead person and assists coders with IBC staff with medical terminology and policy interpretation as required • Assists with efforts to increase physician awareness of documentation requirements • Prepares case reports and initiates follow-up for billing process

🎯 Requirements

• A diploma, certification or degree is not required • Must have one of the following coding credentials: AHIMA (CCA, CCS, or CCS-P); AAPC (CPC, CPC-A, CPC-H, CPC-H-A, or one of the AAPC specialty-specific coding credentials) • Previous coding experience or experience equivalent to an associate’s degree in a related field (preferred) • Knowledge of ICD-10 and CPT coding (preferred)

🏖️ Benefits

• Up to 22 days of vacation • 10 recognized holidays • Sick time • Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance • Free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees • Defined contribution (403(b)) Retirement Savings Plan starting at 7% • Wellness challenges • Annual health screenings • Mental health resources • Mindfulness programs and courses • Employee assistance program (EAP) • Financial resources • Access to dietitians • 4 weeks of caregiver leave to bond with your new child • Family care resources for continued childcare needs • Coverage of the cost of tuition for employees and their families, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years with the organization.