Inpatient Coder 3

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🏈 Alabama – Remote

🏈 Alabama – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🏥 Medical Billing and Coding

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Wellstar Health System

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1992

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

Healthcare Insurance

Wellstar Health System is a comprehensive healthcare organization dedicated to providing personalized and compassionate care to patients in Georgia and South Carolina. With a diverse range of career opportunities, Wellstar supports its employees' career growth and wellbeing through a positive culture, excellent benefits, and a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion. The organization emphasizes the importance of treating both patients and staff with respect and care, making it a sought-after workplace in the healthcare industry. Wellstar is committed to offering high-quality healthcare services and maintaining strong community engagement.

📋 Description

• Reviewing documentation in inpatient and/or IVR (interventional radiology) medical records, and accurately and completely assigning appropriate ICD-10-CM diagnostic and ICD-10-PCS/CPT-4 HCPCS procedural codes to the greatest specificity, assigning the most accurate DRG/APC, when appropriate. • Abstracts demographic and coding information accurately and completely. • Codes and abstracts medical records with a minimum of accuracy. • Accurately and completely assigns appropriate ICD-10-CM diagnostic and ICD-10-PCS/CPT-4 HCPCS procedural codes to the greatest specificity, assigning the most accurate DRG/APC, when appropriate and in accordance with Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting and Facility Coding Guidelines, as applicable. • Accurately abstracts all required patient demographic data into the EMR. • Accurately assigns correct DRG/APC. • Meets productivity standards. • Queries providers, if needed to further clarify code. • Resolves coding edits and reminders, correcting abstracting and coding issues in a timely manner (1-2 business days). • Completes and routes problem accounts, ready to code, high dollar and other accounts daily to ensure cases are coded as close to goal date as possible. • Completes assigned work by goal date. • Assists with coding unassigned or backlogged accounts. • Serves as a mentor to new coders. • Assists with cleaning up or escalating missing documentation or other work queues. • If proficient, assists with observation, same day surgery, outpatient and emergency coding when needed or assigned.

🎯 Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED • CCS - Cert Coding Spec Upon Hire Preferred • RHIA - Reg Health Information Admin Upon Hire Preferred • RHIT - Reg Health Information Tech Upon Hire Preferred • Minimum 3 years of acute care inpatient and/or IVR coding experience. • Demonstrated maintenance of a or higher accuracy in abstracting, code and DRG assignment while meeting productivity requirements in previous roles. • Ability to work in a remote environment. • Computer/data entry experience. • Ability to communicate with various members of the healthcare team. • Ability to use Microsoft (Excel, Word).

🏖️ Benefits

• 10K Sign-On Bonus Available