Prebill Coder Specialist – Inpatient

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🏥 Medical Billing and Coding

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Advocate Aurora Health

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10,000+ employees

🏥 Healthcare

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

💰 $10.2M Grant on 2019-08

Healthcare • Healthcare Insurance

Advocate Aurora Health is a leading healthcare organization that operates across various regions including Central Chicagoland, Central Wisconsin, Greater Milwaukee, and more. With a diverse range of career areas such as advanced practice clinicians, behavioral health, nursing, and more, Advocate Aurora Health is committed to helping people live well. The organization offers numerous benefits and opportunities for career advancement, fostering an environment where individuals can thrive and innovate in the healthcare sector. Advocate Aurora Health prioritizes the safety of its candidates and maintains a robust recruitment process to protect sensitive information.

📋 Description

• Review complex inpatient documentation at a highly skilled and proficient level • Assign diagnosis and procedure codes using ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT, and HCPCS • Ensure correct code selection according to Official Coding Guidelines and federal and insurance regulations • Use an EMR and/or computer-assisted coding software • Follow organizational and department policies and procedures • Code high-dollar and long-length-of-stay cases for all patient types • Research coding topics and issues and follow query guidelines and coding standards • Follow up to obtain clarification of inaccurate documentation • Serve as a subject matter expert to coding leaders and peers • Recommend policy and procedure modifications to align with government regulations • Maintain continuing education through webinars, CPT Assistant updates, and coding clinics • Apply AHIMA Standards of Ethical Coding and official coding guidelines • Collaborate with Clinical Documentation Improvement and Quality teams to ensure DRG alignment • Reconcile Medicare cases with working DRGs from a CDI perspective • Communicate with clinicians about disease processes to ensure accurate coding • Participate in payer audits and meetings as a coding resource • Attend clinical team meetings regarding code updates for complex specialties • Maintain patient-record confidentiality and report perceived non-compliant practices • Meet or exceed departmental quality and productivity standards and support discharged-not-final-billed processes • Perform other assigned duties

🎯 Requirements

• Coding Certification issued by AAPC or AHIMA • Associate's Degree in Health Information Management or related field • Typically requires 7 years' experience inpatient coding in an acute care tertiary facility • Experience in revenue cycle processes, Clinical Documentation Improvement, research, and health information workflows • Advanced proficiency in ICD, CPT, and HCPCS coding guidelines • Advanced knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology • Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office, electronic mail, and electronic coding systems or applications • Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills • Excellent organization, prioritization, and reading comprehension skills • Excellent analytical skills and high attention to detail • Ability to work independently and exercise independent judgment and decision-making • Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment • Ability to take initiative and work collaboratively • Must be able to work from an approved registered state: AL, AK, AR, AZ, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, LA, KS, KY, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV, or WY

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive Total Rewards benefits and well-being programs • Competitive compensation • Premium pay such as shift and on-call pay • Incentive pay for select positions • Opportunity for annual performance-based increases • Paid Time Off programs • Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses • Adoption assistance • Paid parental leave • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match • Other financial wellness programs • Educational Assistance Program