Remote Inpatient Coder

-This is a remote, advanced position functioning under general supervision and utilizing independent decision making.
-The Coder Inpatient II correctly assigns ICD diagnosis and procedure codes and MS-DRGs for inpatient hospital services at Froedtert Hospital, an academic, Level I Trauma Center.
-The Coder Inpatient II codes a variety of medical and surgical specialties such as Neurology, Oncology, Urology, Transplant, OB/Newborn, Ortho, Cardiology, and Critical Care which can include complex trauma and acutely ill patients.
-Coders in this role communicate with care providers when necessary mainly via the electronic query process.
-In order to ensure the most appropriate DRG assignment, coders partner with clinical documentation improvement specialists with the goal of obtaining the most complete and accurate medical record documentation.
-The Coder Inpatient II will resolve problems and make decisions independently.
-The coders in this position will apply all departmental coding quality guidelines and meet productivity standards, while maintaining a 95% overall accuracy rate.
-The coder must understand that the hospital's strategic initiatives (financial, statistical and quality benchmarking) rely on the accuracy and integrity of all data coded by them.
-Effective communication is vital to this position.
-A high degree of ability to adapt to change and work as a team is extremely important to this role.

-Other duties as assigned.
-Accurately assigns DRG's to hospital inpatient accounts.
-Accurately assigns diagnosis and procedure codes.
-Abstracts required information from accounts accurately per facility guidelines.
-Queries physicians when documentation is incomplete following facility guidelines and procedures.
-Writes queries independently with minimal assistance from the coordinators.
-Shows minimal need to query following reviews as documented in QA findings.
-Assigns Present on Admission (POA) indicators accurately.
-Maintains productivity (charts per hour) in accordance with facility expectations.
-Assigns codes for all assigned acuities and procedures attaining the standard for the appropriate case mix average for this coding role.
-Assigns codes for all assigned length of stays attaining the standard for the length of stay average for this coding role.
-Maintains the standard productive percent Works the Combine/Uncombine process as assigned Codes mortality cases accurately and timely in accordance with hospital policy Codes Rehab cases for both facilities at admission and discharge Denials/Support Sends timely and thorough rebuttals for insurance denials when requested Participates in other projects as assigned.

Required Skills & Experience:
-A minimum one (1) year of recent experience at an academic medical center inpatient coding.
OR
-Three (3) years of recent hospital inpatient coding experience.

Preferred Skills & Experience:
-A minimum of three (3) years of experience as an inpatient coder at an academic facility.

Education:
Required Education:

-Coding Certificate Program Completion or Associate Degree in HIM or equivalent.

Preferred Education:

-Bachelor's degree in HIM or equivalent.

Required Certifications & Licensure:
-Certified RHIA/RHIT or CCS.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $30.00 - $40.00 per hour

Application Question(s):

• Please share the best contact number.
• Are you Certified RHIA/RHIT or CCS?

Work Location: Remote