About this role
Role Overview
- The Outpatient Coder is responsible for accurately abstracting data into appropriate client electronic medical record systems
- Assigns appropriate ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS codes and modifiers to facility-based Ancillary, Emergency Department, Observation, and/or Outpatient Surgery Accounts as per designated workflow
- Abstracts and enters coded data and/or charges for hospital statistical and reporting requirements
- Queries physicians to clarify conflicting, imprecise, incomplete, ambiguous, and/or inconsistent clinical information when appropriate
- Communicates documentation improvement opportunities and coding issues to appropriate personnel for follow up and resolution
- Communicates with Clinical Documentation Improvement and/or Revenue Cycle teams for follow up and reconciliation of accounts
- Maintains required productivity and quality requirements
- Maintains coding credential requirements
Requirements
- Candidate must possess an approved AHIMA or AAPC coding credential
- Minimum 2 years’ coding experience required
- Trauma level 3 facility experience
- Both Profee & Facility coding experience required
- Both Profee & Facility leveling experience required
- Injections & Infusions
- Alterra and 3M experience preferred
Benefits
- excellent salary
- full benefits package including 401(k) with company match
- medical, dental, vision, life, short/long term disability insurance
- PTO policy