Medical Coder - Echo Cliffs

Navajo Preference Employment Act

The incumbent performs highly technical and specialized functions by reviewing, analyzing, and coding diagnostic and procedural information that determines Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance payments. The primary function of this position is to perform medical coding for continuing patient care and reimbursement. The coding function is a primary source for data and information used in health care, and promotes provider/patient continuity, accurate database information, and the ability to optimize reimbursement.

The coding function(s) ensures compliance with established coding guidelines, third party reimbursement policies, regulations and accreditation guidelines. The potential for working remotely does exist as long as the factors in the remote workers policies can be met.

High School Diploma or GED

• Certified Medical Coder I:
  Must have at least three (3) months to a year of experience with medical coding
• Certified Medical Coder II:
  Must have two (2) years of medical coding experience
• Certified Medical Coder III:
  Must have five (5) years of medical coding experience

Must have and maintain current coder certification with AHIMA/AAPC

• Possession of high ethical standards and no history of complaints
• Reliable and dependable; reports to work as scheduled without excessive absences
• Positive working relationships with others
• Maintains a positive professional attitude and demonstrates good interpersonal communication skills
• Advance knowledge of medical terminology, abbreviations, techniques and surgical procedures; anatomy and physiology; major disease processes; pharmacology; and the metric system to identify specific clinical findings, to support existing diagnoses, or substantiate listing additional diagnoses in the medical record
• Knowledge of official coding conventions and rules established by the American Medical Association (AMA), and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Completion of and above-satisfactory scores on all job interviews, demonstrating to the satisfaction of the interviewees and TCRHCC that the applicant can perform the essential functions of the job.
• Successful completion of and positive results from all background and reference checks, including positive employment references from authorized representatives of past and current employers demonstrating to the satisfaction of TCRHCC a record of satisfactory performance and that the applicant can perform the essential functions of the job
• Successful completion of fingerprint clearance requirements, physical examinations, and other screenings indicating that the applicant is qualified to be employed by TCRHCC and demonstrating to the satisfaction of TCRHCC that the applicant can perform the essential functions of the job
• Submission of all required employment-related documents, applications, resumes, references, and other required information free of false, misleading, or incomplete information, as determined by TCRHCC.

• Relies on instruction and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job
• Work under immediate supervision or team lead

• Relies on limited experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals and performs a variety of tasks
• Works under general supervision with a certain degree of creativity and latitude

• Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
• Performs a variety of tasks and may lead and direct the work of others
• A wide degree of creativity and latitude and works independently; provides detailed reports to Supervisor/Manager