Want Inpatient Coder II, Full-time, Days (Remote- Sign-on bonus eligible) in USA
Job title: Inpatient Coder II, Full-time, Days (Remote- Sign-on bonus eligible)
Company: Northwestern Medicine
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- Healthcare Professionals/Techs, Chicago, Illinois, United States
- $10,000 Tuition Reimbursement per year ($5,700 part-time)
- $6,000 Student Loan Repayment ($3,000 part-time)
- $1,000 Professional Development per year ($500 part-time)
- $250 Wellbeing Fund per year($125 for part-time)
- Annual Employee Merit Increase and Incentive Bonus
- Paid time off and Holiday pay
- Utilizes technical coding expertise to assign appropriate ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes to complex inpatient visit types. Complexity is measured by a Case Mix Index (CMI) and Coder IIâ??s typically see average CMIâ??s of 2.2609. This index score demonstrates higher patient complexity and acuity.
- Utilizes expertise in clinical disease process and documentation, to assign Present on Admission (POA) values to all secondary diagnoses for quality metrics and reporting.
- Thoroughly reviews the provider notes within the health record and the Findings from the Clinical Documentation Nurse in the Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) Department who concurrently reviewed the record and provide their clinical insight on the diagnoses.
- Utilizes resources within CAC (Computerized Assisted Coding) software to efficiently review documentation and select or assign ICD-10-CM/PCS codes using autosuggestion or annotation features.
- Reviews Discharge Planning and nursing documentation to validate and correct when necessary, the Discharge Disposition which impacts reimbursement under Medicareâ??s Post-Acute Transfer Policy.
- Utilizes knowledge of MS-DRGâ??s, APR-DRGâ??s, AHRQ Elixhauser risk adjustment to sequence the appropriate ICD-10-CM codes within the top 24 fields to ensure correct reimbursement and NMâ??s ranking in US News and World Report.
- Collaborate with CDI on approximately 45% of discharges regarding the final MS or APR DRG and comorbidity diagnoses.
- Educates CDI on regulatory guidelines, Coding Clinics and conventions to report appropriate ICD-10-CM diagnoses.
- Interprets health record documentation using knowledge of anatomy, physiology, clinical disease process, pharmacology, medical terminology to determine the Principal Diagnosis, secondary diagnoses and procedures.
- Follows the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS, coding conventions and instructional notes to assign the appropriate diagnoses and procedures.
- Utilizes coding expertise and knowledge to write appeal letters in response to payor DRG downgrade notices.
- Resolves Nosology Messages/Alerts and Coding Validation Warning/Errors.
- Meets established coding productivity and quality standards.
- 3 years of inpatient coding experience in an acute healthcare setting
- RHIA, RHIT or CCS credential
- AHIMA membership
- Associateâ??s degree in related field
- RHIA, RHIT with CCS or CDIP/CCDS credential
- 4 years of inpatient coding experience in a teaching hospital