HIM Coding Specialist II

🕒 August 12

🌵 Arizona, Colorado, +22 more states – Remote

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💵 $24 - $34 / hour

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🏥 Medical Billing and Coding

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Vail Health

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1965

🏥 Healthcare

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

🤝 Non-profit

Healthcare • Healthcare Insurance • Non-profit

Vail Health is a nonprofit, community health care system located in Eagle and Summit counties. It offers a comprehensive range of medical services including a 56-bed hospital, 24/7 emergency care, urgent care clinics, cancer care, breast centers, cardiovascular services, surgery, childbirth, and more. Vail Health is committed to improving health care access and quality for the communities it serves, and offers additional services such as physical therapy, internal medicine, endocrinology, and behavioral health. The organization is also involved in community engagement and health education initiatives.

📋 Description

• Accurately assign and sequence ICD-10-CM diagnosis, CPT procedural, and HCPCS codes to professional inpatient and outpatient records for reimbursement and data collection • Read patient records and verify patient information, documentation, reports, and account or encounter data • Code outpatient professional encounters and abstract medical-record data • Query physicians or clinical staff for additional diagnostic or procedural specificity when needed • Access and apply local and national coverage determinations (LCDs/NCDs) • Identify and report unusual circumstances, risk factors, errors, discrepancies, and scanning issues • Meet coding quality and quantity expectations and maintain coding currency within required timeframes • Provide rotating weekend coverage as needed • Collaborate with Quality, Medical Staff, clinicians, physician offices, Patient Financial Services, and department leadership • Respond to edits and questions from Patient Financial Services within one business day • Participate in committees and provide provider in-services when appropriate • Attend coder meetings, in-services, training, and educational programs • Support HIM department efficiency and assist colleagues • Comply with CMS, AAPC, HIPAA, safety, compliance, confidentiality, and medicolegal policies • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Three years of ProFee coding experience with ICD-10, CPT, and HCPCS required • Must achieve department quality and productivity expectations within 90 days of employment • One required certification: RHIT, RHIA, CPC/CPC-H, CCS/CCS-P, or CIRCC • Computer, keyboard, and mouse proficiency required • Experience with basic Microsoft Office applications required • Ability to search CMS and third-party payer websites for coding requirements and medical necessity guidelines • Competence accessing and using an encoder such as 3M or TruCode required • Working knowledge of English, including reading, writing, and speaking • Graduate of a coding certificate program, or associate or bachelor degree in health information technology or another allied health field • Courses in physiology and pharmacology preferred • Must be HIPAA compliant

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive wages • Parental leave (4 weeks paid) • Housing programs • Childcare reimbursement • Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Tuition assistance • Existing student loan repayment • Specialty certification reimbursement • Annual supplemental educational funds • Up to five weeks of paid time off in the first year, increasing each year • 403(b) retirement plan with immediate matching • Life insurance • Short- and long-term disability insurance • Up to $1,000 annual wellbeing reimbursement • Recreation discounts • Pet insurance