Inpatient Coder Specialist - Hospital Based Service Line

Advocate Health

Multiple Locations
Base: $28.55 - $42.85; bonus/equity: not specified...
Fully remote
Icd-10 cm/pcs, cpt, hcpcs coding
Official coding guidelines
Emr and/or computer assisted coding software
Reviews complex inpatient documentation at a highly skilled and proficient level to assign diagnosis and procedure codes utilizing ICD-10 CM/PCS, CPT, and HCPCS

Job Summary

  • Reviews complex inpatient documentation at a highly skilled and proficient level to assign diagnosis and procedure codes utilizing ICD-10 CM/PCS, CPT, and HCPCS.
  • Collaborates with the Clinical Documentation Improvement and Quality teams, to ensure a match in the DRG and reconciles each Medicare case with the working DRGs from a CDI perspective.
  • Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more.

Matching Summary

Reviews complex inpatient documentation at a highly skilled and proficient level to assign diagnosis and procedure codes utilizing ICD-10 CM/PCS, CPT, and HCPCS.

Salary

Base: $28.55 - $42.85; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Yes

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • ICD-10 CM/PCS, CPT, HCPCS coding
  • Official Coding Guidelines
  • EMR and/or Computer Assisted Coding software
  • query guidelines and coding standards
  • Clinical Documentation Improvement
  • payer audits and meetings

Nice-to-have

  • subject matter expert
  • ethical judgment
  • fast-paced environment
  • take initiative and work collaboratively

Key Requirements

  • Coding Certification (AAPC or AHIMA)
  • Associate's Degree in Health Information Management
  • 7 years' experience inpatient coding
  • Advanced proficiency ICD, CPT, HCPCS
  • Advanced knowledge medical terminology, anatomy, physiology
  • Excellent computer skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent organization, prioritization, reading comprehension
  • Excellent analytical skills, high attention to detail
  • Ability to work independently and exercise judgment
  • Ability to meet deadlines
  • Ability to take initiative and collaborate

Work Rights

Not specified

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