Facility Inpatient Acute Care Medical Coder

🔥 19 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $36 - $43 / hour

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🏥 Medical Billing and Coding

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IKS Health

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10,000+ employees

🏥 Healthcare

☁️ SaaS

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Healthcare • SaaS • Artificial Intelligence

IKS Health is a healthcare technology and services company that combines AI-driven software and human expertise to streamline clinical, operational, and financial workflows across the care journey. The company provides platform-based solutions including revenue cycle management, patient access, denial prediction and optimization, medical coding, clinical documentation (ambient AI scribe, virtual scribing, transcription), care team enablement, and value-based care/risk optimization. IKS Health serves health systems, physician enterprises, ambulatory and specialty practices, and emphasizes human-in-the-loop agentic AI built on cloud technologies to reduce administrative burden, improve financial performance, and enhance care quality.

📋 Description

• Review medical records to identify pertinent diagnoses and procedures relative to patient healthcare encounters • Select principal and other diagnoses and procedures using UHDDS definitions • Ensure appropriate DRG assignment • Abstract information from medical records according to client guidelines • Meet productivity and quality performance requirements • Enter coded charts in Aquity applications in real time throughout scheduled shifts • Query physicians regarding ambiguous or conflicting documentation • Participate in team meetings and required training • Train or shadow other coders as requested • Work across multiple clients to meet required classification hours • Participate in Coding Roundtables by presenting coding and Health Information Management materials, articles, and current issues • Maintain current knowledge of Coding Clinic, CPT Assistant, and Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting • Participate in assigned education modules • Maintain effective and professional communication and contribute to a positive company image

🎯 Requirements

• Coding credentials required: CCS • Minimum of 3 years of current/recent related inpatient facility coding experience • At least three years' experience coding inpatient facility charts for large acute care, Level 1 trauma centers • Experience with inpatient medical and surgical admissions • Strong coding background and familiarity with complex diagnoses and stays • Understanding of medical terminology, anatomy, physiology, surgical technology, pharmacology, and disease processes • Extensive knowledge of ICD-10-CM and CPT coding principles and guidelines • Knowledge of reimbursement systems, federal, state, and payor-specific regulations and policies pertaining to documentation, coding, and billing • Must pass inpatient coding proficiency test • Strong verbal and written communication skills • High coding accuracy and attention to detail • Strong knowledge of Google Suite • Ability to keep coding credentials up to date and active

🏖️ Benefits

• Healthcare • 401k • Paid time off