Hospital - OP Coder, Senior

Location:

San Antonio, Texas, United States Company: UT Health San Antonio Posted:

Job Description The Outpatient Coder-Senior is responsible for conducting the quality review of outpatient coding, assuring coding compliance with federal regulations, and maintaining up-to-date coding guidelines and coding policy changes. Reviews, interprets, and assigns diagnostic and procedural codes based on medical record documentation according to correct coding principles. Knowledge of edit resolution and ability to code complex OP encounters. Assists in mentoring and training new coders on workflows and applications.

Preserves the confidential nature of the information. Supports and maintains UT Health San Antonio policies, protocols, and values. Works under the general supervision of the Coding Operations Manager in a hospital setting.

Qualifications Knowledge of Official Guidelines for coding and reporting.

Knowledge of medical terminology, human anatomy, physiology and pharmacology.

Knowledge of disease pathology

Knowledge of Current Procedural Terminology coding (CPT), ICD-10-CM, and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS)
Ability to code surgical and observation patient encounters.

Knowledge of operating ordinary business equipment in a remote and office environment such as computer, keyboard, telephone.

Ability to work effectively in and navigate between common office software, coding software, billing software and abstracting systems.

Knowledge of coding resources and demonstrated proficiency in using resources.

Ability to troubleshoot basic technical issues in the remote and office environment.

Additional Qualifications:

Education HS Diploma or GED Preferred Hospital experience with Infusion, Surgery, Observation Surgery, Surgical Spine competencies, Interventional experience, back-end edit resolution.

Required Skills Minimum of five (5) years of experience in medical records abstraction and coding in an acute care setting is required. EPIC and a 3M encoder software experience is preferred.

About Us The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) is a nationally recognized, top-tier public research university that unites the power of higher education, biomedical discovery and healthcare within one visionary institution. As the third-largest research university in Texas and a Carnegie R1-designated institution, UT San Antonio is a model of access and excellence - advancing knowledge, social mobility and public health across South Texas and beyond.

UT San Antonio serves approximately 42,000 students in 320 academic programs spanning science, engineering, medicine, health, liberal arts, AI, cybersecurity, business, education and more. With 17,000 faculty and staff, UT San Antonio has been recognized by Forbes as one of America's Best Employers for Company Culture.

Benefits Overview UT Health San Antonio offers an excellent benefits package for its employees. Employees who work at least 20 hours a week, with an appointment of at least 4.5 months, are eligible for benefits.

Medical UT SELECT Medical insurance is offered free for employees and administered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas. Family members can be added to the plan through payroll deduction. Employees and their dependents can also receive discounted copays and coinsurance when using UT Health Physicians, a network of 800 premier physicians including more than 100 specialists. Employees receive $50,000 of group term life insurance and $50,000 of basic accidental death and dismemberment insurance for free, with options to purchase additional employee and dependent coverage for both at group rates.

Dental Three dental insurance plan options are available for employees and their families through Delta Dental Insurance Company, two PPOs and one dental HMO plan. Both PPO plans allow employees to choose any licensed dentist.

Vision Fully insured Vision Care benefits are offered by Superior Vision Services. Two vision plan options that offer either standard or enhanced vision benefits.

Disability Employees can enroll in the Disability Insurance which provides income if a non-work related illness or injury prevents you from working.

FSAs Employees can enroll in flexible spending accounts (FSAs) to set aside money from earnings before taxes for qualifying dependent day care expenses or out-of-pocket health care expenses.

Retirement Employees are eligible for either the Teacher Retirement System (TRS) or the Optional Retirement Plan (ORP). TRS is a defined benefit…