Clinic Coder

Responsibilities

• Ability to accurately assign ICD-10-CM, CPT, ICD-10-PCS codes to applicable patient encountersaccording to established guidelines.
• Review patients' medical records on the nursing units, and work closely with the CDI staff to promote specificity in physician documentation.
• Serves as educational/informational resource to the Medical Staff, as needed to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations.
• Assist with auditing records retrospectively to validate accuracy of concurrent process and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Assigns inpatient and outpatient hospital coding as well as all other assignments given by supervisors as needed.

• Associate degree in Health Information Management OR graduate of an approved coding course OR equivalent coding experience.

• Five (5) years medical record coding experience.

• Credentialed in Health Information Management as an RHIT, RHIA, CCS, CCA, CPC, COC, CIC

• Specialized computer software; 3M Codefinder; ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, and CPT Code Books, limited telephone, fax or copier