Outpatient Certified Coder

🕒 September 10

🌪️ Kansas, Louisiana, +5 more states – Remote

🌪️ Kansas – Remote ⚜️ Louisiana – Remote 🌲 North Carolina – Remote 🌪️ Oklahoma – Remote 🌴 South Carolina – Remote 🎸 Tennessee – Remote 🤠 Texas – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🏥 Medical Billing and Coding

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Memorial Hermann Health System

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10,000+ employees

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

🏥 Healthcare

🧘 Wellness

💰 $5M Grant on 2022-08

Healthcare Insurance • Healthcare • Wellness

Memorial Hermann Health System is a comprehensive healthcare organization that provides a wide range of medical services, including cancer care, cardiovascular services, emergency and trauma care, women’s health, and surgical services. With the largest network of emergency centers in Greater Houston, it focuses on delivering advanced healthcare and wellness programs tailored to individual needs. Memorial Hermann is committed to advancing health equity and enhancing community health through its various medical facilities and services.

📋 Description

• Code outpatient single and recurring accounts, focusing on ancillary/recurring accounts • Assign primary diagnosis and procedural codes for designated ambulatory and hospital outpatient settings • Review medical record documentation to identify diagnoses and procedures requiring code assignment • Accurately code diagnoses and procedures using ICD-10-CM conventions for reimbursement, research, and compliance • Review records for diagnosis and procedure specificity and appropriate reimbursement • Query physicians when documentation is inadequate, ambiguous, unclear, or coding assignments are not straightforward • Keep current with coding and reimbursement reporting guidelines and escalate concerns to the manager • Assign ICD-10-CM, modifiers, and HCPCS codes to outpatient records • Maintain 95% or greater ICD-10-CM and/or HCPCS coding accuracy and meet productivity standards • Follow AHIMA Standards of Ethical Coding and official coding guidelines • Adhere to Memorial Hermann policies, procedures, safety standards, budgetary specifications, and quality expectations • Meet continuing education and competency requirements; support department goals and mentor less experienced staff • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required • Associates degree in Health Information Management or any Healthcare Related Field preferred • RHIT, RHIA, or relevant AHIMA/AAPC coding certification(s) required • Surgery/Observation: three (3) years of hospital or ambulatory coding experience required • Emergency Department: two (2) years of hospital or ambulatory coding experience required • Interventional Radiology: two (2) years of hospital or ambulatory coding experience required • Ancillary/Recurring: one (1) year of hospital or ambulatory coding experience preferred • Experience coding in a level 1 trauma facility/academic teaching facility preferred • Effective oral and written communication skills • Strong knowledge of ICD-10-CM and/or CPT • Analytical skills to interpret health records and assign appropriate codes • Proficient knowledge of human anatomy, physiology, medical terminology, and surgical terminology • Critical thinking, good judgment, and decision-making skills • Knowledge of coding compliance policies, official coding guidelines, regulatory requirements, and internal policies and procedures • Proficient in navigating a Windows-based application environment • If located outside Texas, must be located in Kansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, or North Carolina, or willing to relocate to an eligible state including Texas

🏖️ Benefits

• Mandatory/continuing education and skills competency support • Professional growth and development opportunities • Preceptor, mentor, and resource opportunities • Safe, caring, personalized, and efficient work environment