Inpatient Coder Specialist - Hospital Based Service Line

Advocate Aurora Health

Multiple Locations
Base: $28.55 - $42.85; bonus/equity: not specified...
Fully remote
Icd-10 cm/pcs, cpt, and 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: Health and welfare benefits, retirement plans, PTO

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • ICD-10 CM/PCS, CPT, and HCPCS coding
  • Official Coding Guidelines
  • EMR and/or Computer Assisted Coding software
  • Clinical Documentation Improvement
  • Quality teams
  • Ethical Coding Standards

Nice-to-have

  • Subject matter expert
  • Collaborates with clinical teams
  • Payer audits and meetings
  • Fast-paced environment

Key Requirements

  • Associate's Degree in Health Information Management
  • 7 years' experience inpatient coding
  • Coding Certification (AAPC or AHIMA)
  • Advanced proficiency of ICD, CPT and HCPCS
  • Advanced knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology
  • Remote work from registered states

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Not specified

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