What are the responsibilities and job description for the Inpatient Coder - Per Diem position at UCLA Health Careers?
Play a key role with a world-class health organization. Help ensure the operational efficiency of a complex health system. Take your professional expertise to the next level. You can do all this and more at UCLA Health.
You will be responsible for coding diagnoses and procedures for assigned cases. This will involve using your knowledge of UCLA, AHA – Coding Clinic, and AMA – CPT Assistant guidelines, medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and pathological basis of disease, documented treatment, and procedures. You will assign ICD-10-CM/PCS and CPT/HCPCS codes for patients receiving our services while correctly assigning DRGs for all patients to assure accurate reimbursement and the highest quality data possible. You will abstract all coded data in a timely and accurate manner into the abstracting system.
Salary Range: $56.95/hourly - $70.81/hourly
Salary : $1,000 - $1,000,000
