What are the responsibilities and job description for the Coder I position at Driscoll Children's Hospital?
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GENERAL PURPOSE OF JOB:
Assign ICD and CPT/Surgery codes and abstracting to all outpatient medical record types including Surgery, procedures, clinic and hospital visits, Urgent Care, and Ancillary from a part-time remote location in accordance with the department’s established accuracy and productivity requirements. Pediatric physician coding a plus and multi-specialty coding experience a plus.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; employees will perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or hospital administration as required.
Thank you for your interest in joining our team! Please review the job information below.
GENERAL PURPOSE OF JOB:
Assign ICD and CPT/Surgery codes and abstracting to all outpatient medical record types including Surgery, procedures, clinic and hospital visits, Urgent Care, and Ancillary from a part-time remote location in accordance with the department’s established accuracy and productivity requirements. Pediatric physician coding a plus and multi-specialty coding experience a plus.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; employees will perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or hospital administration as required.
- Always maintains utmost level of confidentiality.
- Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
- Demonstrates business practices and personal actions that are ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines.
- Reviews the medical record and assigns the appropriate ICD and CPT codes.
- Codes all assigned outpatient record types daily.
- May assist with audits as needed.
- Monitors assigned charge review work queue.
- Codes records in a timely manner
- Maintains satisfactory coding performance in accordance with the department’s accuracy target and productivity requirements for each record type.
- Assist with billing staff coding questions to assist with denials.
- Responds to coding requests from internal and external customers, i.e. business office, physician office.
- Requests information needed from physician as needed.
- Participates in attending educational programs, hospital and departmental staff meeting.
- Performs other duties as required by CBO Coding Manager and/or Director.
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; three to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 3 -5 years’ physician coding experience preferred.
- Pediatric multi-specialty coding experience preferred.
- Preferred Certification in any of the following: CCS, CCS-P, CPC, AAPC specialty coding certifications, RCC Radiology coding certification within one year of hire and maintained continuously thereafter.
