[Hiring] Inpatient Coder @Guidehouse

Role Description

Demonstrates the ability to perform quality hospital coding on Inpatient accounts including:

• Medicare/Non Medicare
• Surgical
• Medical
• Cardiac
• Moms/babies
• Trauma cases

• Maintains a working knowledge of ICD-10 PCS, governmental regulations, official coding guidelines, and third-party requirements regarding documentation and billing.
• Assures that all services documented in the patient’s chart are coded with appropriate ICD-10/PCS codes.
• When services/diagnoses are not documented appropriately, seeks to attain proper documentation in a timely manner according to facility standards.
• Achieves and maintains 96% accuracy in coding while maintaining a high level of productivity.
• Ability to maintain average productivity standards as follows: 1 IP charts per hour final coded.
• Responsible for following facility specific policies and procedures.
• Works pending queues daily.
• Follows facility query policy and CDI reconciliation process.
• Charts that require re-bills are corrected and communicated to the facility daily for the re-bill process.
• Coder downtime must be reported immediately to the administrative staff to ensure turnaround is met.
• Provides accurate answers to physician’s/hospitals coding and/or billing questions within eight hours of request.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Must hold one of the following credentials: RHIA, RHIT, CCS.
• 5+ years of Inpatient Facility coding experience.

Requirements

• Rehab Inpatient Facility coding experience with admissions (IRF/PAI) & discharges is a plus.
• Knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology and Medical Terminology.
• Associates Degree.

Benefits

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance.
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays.
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus.
• Parental Leave.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan.
• Basic Life & Supplemental Life.
• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability.
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities.
• Skills Development & Certifications.
• Employee Referral Program.
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach.
• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program.