[Hiring] Coding Integrity Specialist III @Hayward Recruiting

Role Description

As a Coding Integrity Specialist III WORK FROM HOME, you will review and evaluate hospital inpatient medical record documentation to assign, sequence, edit and/or validate the appropriate ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes. A CIS III performs coding and/or code/DRG validation across multiple entities by applying all appropriate coding guidelines and criteria for code selections.

Qualifications

• Assign, sequence, validate, and/or edit codes/DRGs and abstracted data (e.g., physician, discharge disposition, query tracking) for inpatient records for multiple facilities using ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS
• Maintain or exceed established accuracy standards
• Maintain or exceed established productivity standards
• Utilize the complete patient medical record documentation in code/DRG assignment, validation, and/or editing of codes/DRGs
• Undergraduate (Associate's or Bachelor's) degree in HIM/HIT preferred
• Minimum 1 year of acute care hospital inpatient coding required with 3 years preferred
• Coding Technical Skills - ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, MS-DRGs, APR DRGs, and POA Assignment
• Will be required to audit as well
• RHIT, RHIA, or CCS required
• Must be disciplined, must be able to meet metrics
• Candidates residing in CA and Colorado will not be considered due to the WFH and vaccine mandate
• Coding quality edits and customer complaints related to potential coding errors
• Looking for candidates with three years IP (hospital) DRG coding for acute care. All account types including burns and cardiac cath
• Will be expected to complete a coding test (20 Multiple Choice/True/False 5-7 open-ended Behavioral questions- 90 minutes long)

Requirements

• Compensation: Salary range from $24.61- 29.53- 34.46 per hr (mid range) based on years of experience