Coder Inpatient

Essential Job Functions

• Responsible for abstracting, coding, sequencing and interpreting the clinical information from inpatient, outpatient, emergency department, pro fee and clinical medical records.
• Responsible for the assignment of correct principal diagnoses, secondary diagnoses and principal procedure and secondary procedure codes with attention to accurate sequencing.
• Utilizes technical coding principals and DRG/APC reimbursement expertise to assign appropriate codes.
• Abstracts and codes pertinent medical data into multiple software programs and/or encoders. Follows official coding guidelines to review and analyze health records.
• Maintains compliance with both external regulatory and accreditation requirements, and with State and Federal regulations.
• Extracts pertinent data from the patient’s health record, and determines appropriate coding for reports and billing documents.
• Identifies codes for reporting medical services, procedures performed by physicians.  Enters codes into various computer systems dependent upon the various clients.
• Track and document productivity in specified systems, maintain productivity levels as defined by the client.
• Maintain 95% quality rating
• Perform duties in compliance with Company’s policies and procedures, including but not limited to those related to HIPAA and compliance.

Key Success Indicators/Attributes

• Ability to prioritize and multi-task in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Demonstrate ability to work in all work types and specialties.
• Demonstrate ability to self-motivate, set goals, and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrate leadership, mentoring, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate excellent presentation, verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships with key business partners by building personal credibility and trust.
• Maintain courteous and professional working relationships with employees at all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrate excellent analytical, critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Skill in operating a personal computer and utilizing a variety of software applications.
• Knowledge of coding convention and rules established by the AHIMA, American Medical Association (AMA), the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), for assignment of diagnostic and surgical procedural codes.
• Knowledge of JCAHO, coding compliance and HIPAA HITECH standards affecting medical records and the impact on reimbursement and accreditation.

Supervisory Responsibility

No

Work Environment

This job operates in a remote home office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers and phones.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; and talk or hear.  The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position.  Days and hours of work are generally Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.  This position occasionally requires long hours and weekend work.

Travel

Minimal travel required; up to 5%

Required Education and Experience

Successful completion of an AAPC or AHIMA-approved Coding Certificate Program and a minimum of two to four years of current production coding experience in both acute care and profee.

Preferred Education and Experience

N/A

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

Must have the following certificates and/or licenses: CPC, COC, CIC, RHIA, RHIT, CCS, and/or CCS-P.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.  Employee may perform other duties as assigned.

Successful completion of an AHIMA-approved Coding Certificate Program and at least three years of current production coding experience in acute care.

RHIA, RHIT, CCS

Systems:  3M, Meditech, One Content, Paragon, Cerner, Affinity, and MedHost

Willing to learn other systems if we need additional logins for Lifepoint.