Medical Coder Icd-10 - Remote

Description

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

Location: Plainsboro, NJ - This position is primarily remote to PA and NJ residents only ( out-of-state applicants will need to relocate)

Schedule: Monday - Friday (no weekends)

Benefits You'll Receive at Princeton/Penn Medicine:

• Tuition Assistance for both Part-Time (20+ hours) and Full-time (40 hours) employees. ( 0.5 FTE and over)
• 403b Retirement Savings, Penn Home Ownership Services, Commuter Benefits, Pet Insurance and Pension
• Flexible Health Savings Accounts (FSA/HAS) to save pre-tax dollars to use towards your personal & family medical costs
• Generous Paid Time Off benefits, including six paid holidays that will give you the work-life balance today’s world needs
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage plan options that best fit your personal & family needs

• Access to company paid life insurance, temporary disability. Employee discounts and perks, including but not limited to free secure employee-only parking, Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Universal Life Insurance, Disability Income Protection, Group Legal and Pet Insurance are available to eligible employees: paid for through payroll deductions and other. Please click on this LINK for more information regarding our amazing benefits package.

Summary:

• Assigns ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS and CPT-4 codes to patient records based upon physician documentation. Abstracts discharge data from medical records for the purpose of processing patient bills and compiling statistical data including diagnostic, procedural and physician indices. (PMPH HIM Clinical Documentation)

Responsibilities:

• Coding: Inpatient - Assigns ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS diagnosis and procedure codes to Hospital and/or Princeton House medical records while maintaining a 95-100% accuracy rate according to Department guidelines on a daily basis. Coding: Outpatient - Assigns ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS diagnosis and procedure codes to Same Day Procedure, Emergency, Endoscopy, and other Special Procedure medical records while maintaining a 95-100% accuracy rate according to Department guidelines on a daily basis. Coding: Outpatient - Assigns CPT-4 procedure codes to Same Day Procedure, Emergency Department, Endoscopy, and Special Procedure medical records while maintaining a 95-100% accuracy rate, on a daily basis. Coding: Inpatient - Abstracts Hospital and/or Princeton House medical records according to Department procedures while maintaining 95-100% accuracy on a daily basis. Coding: Outpatient - Abstracts Same Day Procedure, Emergency, Endoscopy, and other Special Procedure medical records according to Department procedures while maintaining 95-100% accuracy on a daily basis.

Credentials:

• CCS or RHIA or RHIT (Required)

Education or Equivalent Experience: High School Diploma Required.

• Strong background in medical terminology, disease process, ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT-4 coding required.
• Knowledge of DRG and APC reimbursement methodologies required.
• Knowledge in encoder and abstracting systems required.

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

Live Your Life's Work

We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.