What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Coding Abstract Analyst position at Cooper University Health Care?
About Us
Come and join the Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional team. Cape Regional offers a compensation package that includes highly competitive pay, outstanding health benefits (medical, prescription, dental, vision, for you and your eligible dependents) company-paid life insurance, retirement benefits, paid time off, other voluntary benefits, tuition assistance, career advancement opportunities, and On-site Early Education Center (10% tuition employee discount.)
Essential Functions:
- Accurately assigns, sequences, and abstracts appropriate ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 codes for inpatients, same day surgery, ambulatory surgery, endoscopy, outpatient, and emergency patient visits. Assigns the accurate Diagnostic Related Group (DRG) to discharged patients’ coded records (abstracting all into the hospital computer system).
- Interacts with physicians and their offices to clarify/ verify questions and to resolve coding and/or documentation issues specific to coding (Daily).
- Conducts internal coding studies and/ or provides resource information requested by other CRMC departments such as Administration, Billing, Finance, Quality, Care Management, and CDI.
- Runs reports daily for ER and SDC patients for medical necessity compliance. Interacts with the Billing Department for medical necessity issues in accordance with established guidelines and NCDs and LCDs.
- Collects information, such as unbilled and uncoded patient accounts, in accordance with the Health Information Management Department Performance Improvement Plan and reports this information to the Director (Monthly). Remains knowledgeable of the most current coding guidelines by attending in-services, and seminars as appropriate.
- Demonstrates commitment to a Culture of Patient Safety and High Reliability through use of and promotion of high reliability principles and the NJ STRONG patient safety behaviors. Engages in reducing unsafe practices and drives improvement in culture of safety through implementation of NQF and other best practices as appropriate for the discipline. Demonstrates commitment to achieving the highest level of performance for external benchmarking, (e.g. Leapfrog, payor based pay for performance, Medicare Star rating, etc.)
- Performs other duties as required by Director/Coordinator.
