Health Information Management Coder Senior

Description

Summary :

CHRISTUS Health System offers the position as aremote opportunity. Candidate must reside in the states of Texas,Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico, or Georgia to further beconsidered for this position.*

Responsible formaintaining current and high-quality ICD-10-CM / PCS coding for allInpatient diagnoses and procedural occurrences, through the reviewof clinical documentation and diagnostic results, with a consistentcoding accuracy rate of 95% or better.

Coder will accuratelyabstract data into any and all appropriate CHRISTUS Healthelectronic medical record systems, verifying accurate patientdispositions and physician data, following the Official ICD-10-CMand ICD-10-PCS Guidelines for Coding and Reporting.

Inpatientcoding is applicable towards all regional Inpatientencounters.

Coder will work collaboratively withvarious CHRISTUS Health HIM and Clinical Documentation Specialiststo ensure accurate and complete physician documentation to supportaccurate billing and reduce denials.

Coder will also assist inother areas of the department, as requested by leadership. Coderwill report directly to their Regional Coding Manager, withadditional leadership from the Director of Coding Operations andSystem HIM Director.

• Assign codes fordiagnoses, treatments and procedures according to the ICD-10-CM / PCSOfficial Guidelines for Coding and Reporting through review ofcoding critical documentation, to generate appropriate MS / APRDRG.
• Extracts and abstracts requiredinformation from source documentation, to be entered intoappropriate CHRISTUS Health electronic medical recordsystem.
• Validates admit orders and dischargedispositions.
• Works from assigned codingqueue, completing and re-assigning accountscorrectly.
• Manages accounts on ABS Hold,finalizing accounts when corrections have been made, in a timelymanner.
• Meets or exceeds an accuracy rate of95%.
• Meets or exceeds the designated CHRISTUSHealth Productivity standard per chart type.
• Abides by the Standards of Ethical Coding as set forth by theAmerican Health Information Management Association(AHIMA).
• Assists in implementing solutions toreduce backend-errors.
• Identifies andappropriately reports all hospital-acquired conditions(HAC).
• Expertly queries providers for missingor unclear documentation, by working with the HIM department andClinical Documentation ImprovementSpecialists.
• Participates in both internal andexternal audit discussions.

Requirements :

Bachelor'sDegree

Work Type : Full Time

Full Time

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