Credentials must be currently held for this Pro Fee Coder – Hybrid position.
It is required, the first 90 days be onsite in Rochester, Indiana.
Furthermore, additional onsite required for meetings & additional training!
- Must have one or more of the following credentials: RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CCA, CPC, COC.
- Required: High School diploma/GED or relevant experience.
- Required: Formal education in anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, disease processes, content of a medical record, coding of diagnoses using ICD-10-CM and procedures using ICD-10PCS and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT).
- Demonstrate ability to communicate and work in a professional manner with members of the medical staff, government agencies, and third-party payers.
- Demonstrate good communication skills and excellent customer service skills.
- Knowledge and ability to read, interpret and follow hospital and government rules and regulations relating to but not limited to safety, privacy, security, procedural manuals and official coding guidelines.
- Demonstrate knowledge and skill in computerized data entry and retrieval systems.
- Willingness to continue education on coding, guidelines and CMS, WPS, and HFAP guidelines and/or standards.
These requirements are non-negotiable and applicants without the education and credentials cannot be considered.
- This position will be required to work onsite during the 90-day probationary period for training. Remote work will be offered after a successful probationary period. Coders will be required to work on-site periodically for additional training. After that, remote work will be monitored, and specific measures must be met to continue remote work.
- Contact appropriate medical staff members and make queries to rectify inconsistencies, deficiencies, and discrepancies in medical record documentation.
- Then, educate staff/physicians on inadequate or missing documentation according to HFAP standards.
- Reviewing the medical record for continuing quality improvement activities, performs quality improvement activities in support of hospital-wide medical documentation concerns. Performs clinical pertinence review on randomly selected medical records against specified criteria, as requested
- Additionally, reviews and analyzes, abstracts, and codes outpatient and/or inpatient medical records, assigns diagnoses and procedure codes, and provides assistance to the professional staff. Furthermore, demonstrates knowledge of outpatient and inpatient coding guidelines, including E & M level coding, accreditation references and medical terminology, anatomy and physiology.
- Codes disease and injury diagnoses, acuity of care, and procedures in a wide range of outpatient and inpatient settings and specialties using the current International Classification of Diseases, Version 10- Clinical Modification ICD-10-CM/ICD-10-PCS; American Medical Association Current Procedural Terminology (CPT); Health Care Financing Administration Common Procedure (HCPCS) Coding System.
- Responsible for selecting the appropriate code(s) and/or modifier(s) that most accurately describe the correct principal and secondary diagnoses as well as principal and secondary procedures, based on physician clinical documentation.
- Bases all coding on what the physician documents in the medical record including outpatient physician orders for outpatient services such as radiologist and pathologist reports.
- Inputs the codes and other discharge data and verifies the accuracy of data entered. In addition to including charges on outpatient accounts.
SHIFT: Part-time, Days: 8:00am-4:30pm, 3 days per week, no weekends/no holidays!
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance & Disability
- 403(b) with match
- Paid Vacation Time
- Paid Sick Time
- Paid Personal Time
- FSA
Our Mission is to provide excellent healthcare services by highly skilled staff in a compassionate and caring manner. We know that our employees are essential to the care we provide!
Our core values are as follows: Courtesy, Respect, Caring, Professionalism, Confidentiality, Integrity, and Accountability.
