What are the responsibilities and job description for the Inpatient Coder position at Love Health LLC?
Job Title : Inpatient Coder
Location : Des Peres, MO 63131
Duration : 8 weeks contract
Job Description:-
Responsible for coding and abstracting inpatient accounts in accordance with coding guidelines. Inpatient Coder needed -No level 1 trauma, but wide variety of complex surgical and medical cases.
Job Description
Primary Responsibilities
- Assigns accurate diagnostic and procedure codes according to clinical documentation and official coding guidelines for inpatient hospital accounts.
- Coordinates with the clinical documentation and quality teams to ensure validation of Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group (MSDRG), patient safety indicators, and hospital acquired conditions are supported by physician documentation to support appropriate coding
- Monitors assigned work queues to ensure all records are charged in a timely matter.
- Generates coding queries for clarification regarding physician documentation as needed
- Stays abreast of all changes in coding conventions and coding updates.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Physical Requirements
- Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
- Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
- Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
- Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
- Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
- Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
- Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
Rare climbing.
Required Professional License And/Or Certifications
Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) - American Health Information Management Assoc (AHIMA)
Or
Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) - American Health Information Management Assoc (AHIMA)
Or
Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) - American Health Information Management Assoc (AHIMA)
Job Type: Contract
Pay: $30.00 - $34.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- Medical coding: 3 years (Required)
- Inpatient: 1 year (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- Certified Coding Specialist (Preferred)
- RHIA (Preferred)
- RHIT (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $30 - $34
