Facility Medical Coder II

Job Description:

• Assigns appropriate ICD and CPT codes for reimbursement and statistical purposes.
• Follows ICD, CPT, CMS, and other regulatory coding guidelines.
• Abstracts clinical information from medical records for complete and accurate statistical documentation.
• Reviews and interprets facility inpatient and outpatient medical documentation to accurately assign ICD and CPT codes for reimbursement and statistical purposes.
• Abstracts information into computer for reimbursement and statistical purposes.
• Researches and stay current with trends in healthcare coding and compliance.
• Keeps department manager up to date with any coding or documentation issues.
• Works as a team with physicians, coding staff and other hospital personnel to ensure proper and accurate code assignment and continuous quality improvement.
• Reports to work in a timely manner and adheres to attendance policies.
• Conscientious of scheduling time off in advance so as not to interfere dramatically with coding turnaround times.
• Other duties may include: a. Review of Daily Medical Necessity Report b. Assisting Coding Manager with supervision of Clinical Affiliations.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Minimum Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Minimum Years of Experience: 3 Years of Experience in Facility Coding Covering Multiple Services (Combination of DRG and OP Services or Multiple OP Services), which they successfully met quality and productivity standards.
• Required Certifications/Licensure: At least one active certification (RHIA/RHIT//CCS/CCS-P//CPC/CPC-H/COC//CIC)
• Required Training: Experience working in a combination of the following areas: ED, OPS, or IP; Completion of courses in Anatomy, Physiology, and Medical Terminology; Must be computer literate and have experience with Microsoft applications (i.e., Word, Excel, Outlook); Experience with electronic health records software.

Benefits:

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
• Adoption assistance
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness

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