[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. Responsibilities include:

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

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.

Requirements

• Coding apprentices are expected to progress through learning different types of OP Coding within the first year.
• Expected to navigate the medical record and understand the different types of documentation needed for the service lines.
• Able to code OP cases within the first few months and move on to be fully proficient in a complex service line by the end of their first year.
• Coders are expected to perform coding functions within departmental guidelines, including productivity expectations and goals.
• Maintain a minimum quality score of 95% in all aspects of coding including diagnosis codes, CPT, PCS, etc.
• Evaluated by both internal audits and third party external audits.

Company Description

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.