ESTIMATED PAY RANGE:

$26.82 - $40.22 / hour, based on location, education, & experience.
In accordance with State Pay Transparency Rules.
A rewarding career that fits your life. As an employer of the future, we are proud to offer our team members many career and lifestyle choices including remote work options. If you’re looking to leverage your abilities – you belong at Banner Health.
Looking for a motivated, experienced Inpatient Facility | Acute Care | Remote Medical Complex Coder, with CPC or CCS and/or RHIT or RHIA Certifications, to join our talented Acute Care HIMS Coding Team. Candidate should have experience coding all service lines including, but not limited to: Trauma, ICU, Cardiac, Transplant, Orthopedics, High-Risk OB, NICU, and more. Must have ICD-10-PCS coding experience, and ideally 3+ years experience coding in an acute care facility coding setting.
Banner Health uses the number of accounts for specific patient types and specialties in combination with the Case Mix Index and case financial information to formulate productivity standards, which are currently more stringent than most national standards identified. Quality standards are set at a DRG accuracy rate of 95% or higher among other quality measures. Meeting Accounts Receivable goals supports Banner Financial goals.

POSITION SUMMARY

Provides coding and abstracting for mid-tiered complexity range of acute care services at all Banner hospitals. Reviews diagnosis and diagnostic information and codes and abstracts diagnoses and/or procedures on inpatient records using ICD CM and PCS coding classification systems. Completes MS-DRG and APR-DRG assignments on inpatient records as appropriate. Ensures ethical and accurate coding in accordance with all regulatory requirements and AHIMA Standards of Ethical Coding.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge and specialized formal training in medical record keeping principles and practices, anatomy, physiology, pathology, medical terminology, standard nomenclature, and classification of diagnoses and operations, or an Associate’s degree in a health care field.
Requires Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) or Certified Outpatient Coder (COC) or Certified Professional Coder (CPC) or Registered Health Information Technologist (RHIT) or Registered Health Information Administration (RHIA) or other appropriate coding certification in an active status with the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) or American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC).
Requires a proficiency and expertise level as typically obtained by three or more years of inpatient coding experience in Acute Care inpatient facility or healthcare system; or any combination of education and experience to successfully achieve skill proficiency for complex inpatient work .
Must demonstrate a level of knowledge and understanding of ICD CM and PCS coding principles as recommended by the American Health Information Management Association coding competencies.
Must be able to work effectively and efficiently in a remote setting, utilizing common office programs, coding software and abstracting systems.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Associates degree in a job-related field or experience equivalent to same.
Previous experience in large, multi-system healthcare organization.
Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Please refer the Job description for details