Inpatient Coder Job
Location: Salt Lake City Utah
Description: University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics Human Resources is in need of Inpatient Coder Job right now, this vacancy will be placed in Utah. For detail informations about this vacancy opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. As a patient-focused organization, the University of Utah Health Care exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and edu! cation. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. University of Utah Health Care seeks staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, diversity, integrity, quality and trust that are integral to our mission. EO/AA
This position is responsible for abstracting, coding, and sequencing the classification of medical and surgical procedures, diagnosis, and treatment modalities on Inpatient and Day Surgery records. Selects the most accurate and descriptive codes from the listings of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, (ICD-9-CM American Medical Association Current Procedural Terminology (CPT-4) Coding system, and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS). Assigns DRGs and performs coding compliance reviews. Abstracts and codes pertinent medical data into multiple software programs.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the coding Multispecialty/Profici! ency (ICD-9 CM, CPT, HCPCS Coding) and Facility IP Coding.
- Ensures coding compliance within the Medical Record Policies and Procedures through on-going educational sessions with Medical Records. Follows Joint Commission, Medicare and third party documentation guidelines and the official guidelines for assigning ICD-9-CM diagnosis and procedure codes in efforts to continually improve the quality of medical record documentation.
- Responsible for maintaining current ICD-9 coding skills in keeping with regulatory changes.
- Thoroughly reviews medical records and accurately codes the admitting (when needed), principal and necessary secondary diagnoses and procedures using ICD-9-CM coding conventions.
- Extracts pertinent data from the patients health record, and determines appropriate coding for reports and billing documents. Identifies codes for reporting medical services, procedures performed by physicians, and enters codes into computer system.
- Utilizes the coding query process to providers to request missing information. Corrects records with inconsistent information and/or containing discrepancies.
- Perform routine audits independently and participates in performance improvement.
- Ability to organize and lead teams. Prioritizes and coordinates work processes. Ability to assist in conflict management of team. Provides support to supervisor and management.
- Provides feedback and education to physician and professional staff regarding changes in coding methodology and enhanced documentation procedures for optimizing reimbursement.
- Ability to accurately code information when available documentation is vague or ambiguous.
- Ability to coordinate with the billing office to identify unbilled accounts and locating or generating the coding required to receive reimbursement.
- Must abide by Hospital, State, and Feder! al coding guidelines established by the Joint Commission, American Hosp! ital Coding Association, and Medicare/Medicaid.
- Ability to resolve questions or requests from various entities that involve researching and verifying coding in patient records.
Required
- Associate Degree in related area.
- One of the following certifications; Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), or Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT).
- Minimum 3 years to 4 years ongoing inpatient coding and abstracting experience in ICD-9-CM, DRGs, and CPT / HCPCS, including modifiers and APCs.
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This vacancy starts available on: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 06:59:12 GMT