Inpatient Coders - Advanced

Inpatient Coder - Advanced

Location: REMOTE

• Remote Coder positions are available for coders residing in FL, CT, NC, SC, NY, NH, TX, AZ, NJ, PA, ME, and MA ONLY!

Nuvance Health has a network of convenient hospital and outpatient locations — Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Norwalk Hospital, and Sharon Hospital in Connecticut, and Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center, and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in New York — plus multiple primary and specialty care physician practices locations, including The Heart Center, a leading provider of cardiology care, and two urgent care offices. Non-acute care is offered through various affiliates, including the Thompson House for rehabilitation and skilled nursing services, and Home Care organizations.

Summary:

Purpose: Accurately codes and abstracts outpatient medical records for reimbursement and statistical purposes using established coding guidelines. Reviews coding and amend coding edits to assure compliance with all applicable regulations. The position requires advanced knowledge of complex surgical procedures and a working knowledge of evaluation and management guidelines.

Responsibilities:

1. Codes all outpatient medical records in a timely and accurate manner according to department policy.

2. Defines and transforms verbal descriptions of diseases, injuries, and procedures into numerical designations (codes) using ICD-10-CM according to established coding guidelines

3. Initiates a physician/department query when there is conflicting, incomplete, or ambiguous documentation in the record or additional information is needed for accurate coding.

4. Enters all required information accurately into a computer system for reimbursement and statistical purposes

5. Remains abreast of all applicable Federal, State, regulatory, and hospital-specific coding guidelines.

6. Applies applicable guidelines to all cases coded to ensure the accuracy of selected codes

7. Accesses and researches applicable reference materials to further support decision-making in code selection.

8. Mentors with less experienced coding personnel

9. Participates in Performance Improvement/Quality Assurance activities

10. Reports on software and hardware problems.

11. Attends required educational sessions (webinars, conferences etc.) to maintain and enhance coding certification(s)

12. Maintain and Model Nuvance Health Values

13. Demonstrates regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.

14. Performs other duties as required.

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