[Hiring] Senior Inpatient Acute Edits Medical Coder @UnitedHealth Group

Role Description

Delivering quality care starts with ensuring our processes and documentation standards are being met and kept at the highest level possible. This means working behind the scenes ensuring a member-centric approach to care. As a Certified Sr. (IP) Acute Edits Medical Coder you will determine and record the correct medical codes for all treatments and health services. Ensuring proper records is just one way your work will impact the health and wellness of our members on a huge scale.

As a Certified Sr. (IP) Acute Edits Medical Coder you will work remotely to correct CCI, MUE, and Medical Necessity Edits on accounts of all patient types in addition to periodic coding. You will ensure that all coding assignments are accurate according to coding policies and based on the documentation provided in the medical record. Using a thorough knowledge of coding policies and procedures as well as medical terminology and technology, you will be responsible for providing documentation feedback to physicians under the direction of the Coding Operations Manager or Quality Management personnel.

Schedule: This position is full-time, Monday - Friday. Employees are required to work our normal business hours of 8:00am – 5:00pm. It may be necessary, given business need, to work occasionally overtime or weekends. You’ll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Identify appropriate assignment of ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Codes for inpatient services provided in a hospital setting and understand their impact on the DRG with reference to CC/MCC, while adhering to the official coding guidelines and established client coding guidelines of the assigned facility.
• Identify appropriate assignments of CPT and ICD-10 Codes for outpatient surgery, observation, emergency, and ancillary services while adhering to the official coding guidelines and established client coding guidelines of the assigned facility.
• Understand the Medicare Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) codes.
• Abstract additional data elements during the Chart Review process when coding, as needed.
• Adhere to the ethical standards of coding as established by AAPC and/or AHIMA.
• Adhere to and maintain required levels of performance in both coding quality and productivity as established by Optum360.
• Provide documentation feedback to providers and query physicians when appropriate.
• Maintain up-to-date Coding knowledge by reviewing materials disseminated/recommended by the QM Manager, Coding Operations Managers, and Director of Coding/Quality Management, etc.
• Participate in coding department meetings and educational events.
• Review and maintain a record of charts coded, held, and/or missing.
• Additional responsibilities as identified by manager.

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear directions on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED.
• Professional coder certification with credentialing from AHIMA and/or AAPC (CCS, RHIA, RHIT, CIC, ROCC, CPC, COC, CPC-P) to be maintained annually.
• 3+ years of recent inpatient medical coding experience with ICD-10-CM/PCS & DRG (hospital, facility, etc.).
• 2+ years of recent working experience with OCE, MUE and NCCI classification and reimbursement structures.
• Intermediate level of proficiency with a PC in a Windows environment, including MS Excel and EMR systems.
• Intermediate level of experience working in a level I trauma center and/or teaching hospital with a mastery of complex procedures, major trauma ER encounters, cardiac catheterization, interventional radiology, orthopedic and neurology cases, and observation coding.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with OSHPD reporting.
• Experience with various encoder systems (eCAC, 3M, EPIC).
• Intermediate level of proficiency with Microsoft Excel.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Incentive and recognition programs.
• Equity stock purchase.
• 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).

Application Deadline

This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.