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Inpatient Coder
Select Medical
Location: Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
Work Setting: Non Provider Setting
Job Function: Coder
Job Type: Full-Time
Salary Range: $24.50
Introduction
Select Medical Corporate Headquarters
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055
Inpatient Coder
Full Time / On-Site
Monday-Friday 7:00am – 4pm (flexible)
$24.50/hr Minimum Starting Hourly Rate
Diverse Health Benefit Packages, PTO & EID Leave, 401K company match & more
-Did you recently complete a medical coding education program?
-Are you looking to start your career or continue your career in medical records?
-Do you want to work with an innovative team?
Then this might be an opportunity for you!
This is an exciting opportunity for an Inpatient Coder at our corporate headquarters in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The Inpatient Coder is responsible for reviewing multidisciplinary inpatient medical records and other health information to classify patient diagnoses and procedures by accurate ICD-10 codes and DRGs.
Diverse Health Benefit Packages, PTO & EID Leave, 401K company match & more
Job Description
- Evaluate documentation of patient care to code and abstract data used for statistics, state reporting, reimbursement and other needs.
- Assign ICD-10-CM codes to inpatient diagnoses, treatments and procedures according to coding guidelines.
- Complete coding with an error rate within the work standard and maintains standards relative to productivity and quality.
- Communicate verbally and in writing with physicians, medical staff and other care professionals when documentation needs clarification for accurate code assignment which may or may not impact reimbursement.
- Prepare workload reports and participate in department management studies, as well as data quality reviews or other documentation audits.
- Help train and orient new coders.
- Perform peer review of codes and DRG assignment.
- Keep knowledge of coding and DRG assignment current by reviewing federal publications and other reference materials for changes in regulations and practice guidelines.
- Monitor compliance with documentation standards required for accurate and thorough coding
- Investigate, evaluate and identify opportunities for documentation improvement
- Provide guidance to hospital CEOs, medical staff and others regarding compliant documentation practices required for accurate reimbursement and statistics
Required Qualifications
- Completed some kind of coding program, or Health Information program
- Medical coding & Billing programs usually focus on billing & outpatient coding
- Medical coding programs usually focus on inpatient medical coding depends
- Depends on education
Preferred Qualifications
- RHIA, RHIT, CCS or CPC-H credentials.
- Experience in ICD-10-CM diagnosis, procedure coding and DRG validation.
- Minimum one year experience with inpatient hospital medical records coding.
Education Qualifications
- Completed some kind of coding program, or Health Information program
Compensation/Benefits
Full Time / On-Site
Monday-Friday 7:00am – 4pm (with flexibility)
$24.50/hr Minimum Starting Hourly Rate
Diverse Health Benefit Packages, PTO & EID Leave, 401K company match & more
Instructions for Resume Submission
Apply online at https://careers.selectmedical.com/search/
Job also posted on Indeed
Posted: March 16, 2023 at 12:58 PM
Post ID: 76887