Outpatient Coder - REMOTE
at Steward Health Care
Dallas, TX 75201, USA -
Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
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Immediate | 20 Oct, 2024 | Not Specified | 20 Jul, 2024 | 1 year(s) or above | Excel,Outlook,Powerpoint,Microsoft Office,Communication Skills,Him,Ccs,Coding Experience | No | No |
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Description:
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Outpatient Emergency Room coder shall review hospital outpatient medical documentation to assign, sequence, edit and/or validate the appropriate ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS codes. The Outpatient Emergency Room coder shall also abstract for facility E/M levels and Charges for all relevant procedures performed in the ED including coding Injections and Infusions.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:
- Minimum 1-2 years in Emergency Room Coding Experience required.
- Comprehensive understanding of UHDDS guidelines, CCI Edits, Coding Clinic, etc.
- Meditech experience required
- Microsoft Office (Word, One Note, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to meet assigned deadlines.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/LICENSURE/TECHNICAL/OTHER:
I. Education: Associate degree preferred
II. Experience: 3 years of general outpatient coding in acute care setting.
III. Certification/Licensure: CCS and/or CPC certification
IV. Software/Hardware: 3M experienced required, Meditech experience preferred
V. Other: Remote position
Location: Corporate · 1301.42080 CDI/HIM
Schedule: Full Time, Day Shift, M-
Responsibilities:
- Coding Technical Skills that include CPT, HCPCS, ICD-10-CM
- ED Coding skills to include facility E/M levels, Charging & Coding Injections & Infusions & Modifiers
- In depth knowledge of front-end coding edits and an understanding of the NCCI guidelines as it applies to all OP edits as well as modifier application
- Experience with charge validation with departmental charges.
- Ability to perform coding across multiple locations based on corporate management need
- Technology skills to adapt to multiple applications used within the organization
- Candidate must display a superior knowledge of Coding Guidelines (Coding Clinic, UHDDS Official Coding Guidelines, CCI Edits).
- Analytical Skills that include effective evaluation, synthesis and use of information gathered
- Ability to maintain 95% or greater accuracy rate
- Knowledge of physician query in an outpatient setting
- Ability to respond to coding issues specific to Outpatient Coding
- Candidate must have experience with 3M and/or 3M360 encompass
- Candidate must be self-motivated, display a high level of computer literacy, excellent verbal, and written communication skills, able to meet assigned deadlines, and organized
- The position will report to the HIM Outpatient Coding Manager
- Ability to meet coding productivity standards
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:1.0Max:3.0 year(s)
Information Technology/IT
IT Software - Application Programming / Maintenance
Software Engineering
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Dallas, TX 75201, USA