[Hiring] Inpatient Coding Apprentice @Yale New Haven Health

Role Description

The Inpatient Clinical Coding Apprentice is an entry level coding position aimed at introducing individuals to the inpatient coding experience. Incumbents are expected to learn coding rules, guidelines, classification systems and other relevant skills required to successfully code inpatient medical records.

• Learning and coding simple inpatient cases.
• Learning and entering facility and professional charges for patients admitted to facilities by way of the Emergency Department.

Responsibilities

• Growth and Development: Coding apprentices are expected to progress through learning different types of OP Coding within the first year. They should be able to navigate the medical record, understand the different types of documentation needed for the service lines, and code OP cases within the first few months, moving on to be fully proficient in a complex service line by the end of their first year. The pace will be progressive.
• Coding Expectations: Coders are expected to perform coding functions within departmental guidelines, which include productivity expectations, goals, accurate use of coding statuses, work queues, stop bills, and communication and relationship building with partner departments.
• Coding Quality: Coders are expected to maintain a minimum quality score of 95% in all aspects of their coding including diagnosis codes, CPT, PCS, etc. Coders are evaluated by both internal audits and third-party external audits.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required.
• Completion of a Medical Coding Program strongly preferred.
• No coding experience required; past experience in healthcare-related fields preferred.
• Clinical experience is helpful but not required.
• CPC-A or CPC or CCS-P or COC-A or COC preferred.
• Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and disease process acquired in educational program requirements.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to exercise good judgment, independent logic, light typing, and excellent computer data entry skills.
• Computer system experience helpful.

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