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Observation Coder – Health Information Management

  • Full Time
  • Anywhere

McLeod Software

Summary: The Observation Coder is responsible for accurately assigning diagnosis and procedure codes to observation discharges at all McLeod Health facilities.

Maintains a professional image and exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers in accordance with our Service Excellence Standards and Core Values.

Keeps abreast of all new coding developments by attending any coding classes, reading articles on coding updates, and attending seminars when available.

Possess outpatient coding knowledge and experience necessary to accurately assign ICD-10-CM codes for principal diagnosis and any applicable secondary diagnoses on all Observation encounters.

Possess outpatient coding knowledge and experience necessary to accurately assign CPT procedure codes for principal procedure and any applicable secondary procedures on all Observation encounters, when applicable, to arrive at the most appropriate APC assignment.

Understands and appropriately assigns all applicable modifiers to CPT procedure codes and ancillary charges required to prevent billing edits.

Queries physicians appropriately when documentation is not clear in the medical record.

Maintains department specific productivity standards with a 95% accuracy rate.

Respects patient confidentiality at all times.

Performs other backup duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: 80 hours bi-weekly
Qualifications:

  • 1 to 2 years of Hospital observation coding in Medical Records.

Requirements:
Degrees:
High School/Ged
Licenses and Certifications:
Health Info Mgt Association or AAPC certification

Originally posted on Himalayas

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