Coder/Abstractor

At Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network (NRHN) services and programs are guided by a commitment to our Service Pledge and our core values. Honesty, Integrity, Responsibility, Trust and Respect. Through partnerships with patients, families and each other, we promote a healthy, healing environment. Patient-family centered care and evidence-based practice makes Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network the best place for patients and families.

We maintain an atmosphere conducive to healing, recovery, and wellness that is grounded in the core concepts of patient and family centered care:

• Dignity & respect
• Information sharing
• Participation
• Collaboration

Coder/Abstractor-Inpatient Responsibilities...

•  To ensure timely collection of patient diagnostic information to accurately, code and enter information into hospital billing system(s) to enable patient billing process to occur and to generate patient/provider statistics. 
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•  Identify and assign / ICD -10 CM/PCS codes to principal and secondary diagnoses/procedures on all admission and discharge inpatient accounts. Abstract information into hospital and other required data bases upon inpatient admission or discharge. 
• Provide discharge statistics as requested for case status or other internal research.   
• Collect information to support hospital-wide and medical staff quality improvement processes.  
• Work with clinical staff to assign appropriate codes to determine patient classification for compliance with PPS requirement.

 To qualify you must...

1.      Current Coding Certification in ICD-10 or test eligible within  one year of hire.

2.      Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and disease process.

3.      Demonstrated proficiency in computer data entry and patient information abstracting systems.

4.      One year of Coding experience using ICD-10 in an inpatient acute care or inpatient rehabilitation hospital setting.

5.      Requires analytical thinking and strong decision making skills.

6.      Familiar with working in Electronic Medical Record for review of documentation.

7.      Communication skill to contact physicians and other healthcare professionals with questions about diagnosis, treatments or diagnostic tests.

8.      Meet productivity standards.

Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network offers competitive compensation and unmatched benefits for qualified employees. This would include affordable health, vision and dental insurance, generous levels of time off, matching 401k plan, Healthcare Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA), Tuition Reimbursement, Verizon cell phone plan discounts (22%), along with many other local and national discounts to take advantage of.

Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability.