Outpatient Coding Expert
Singing River Health System Medical Facility – Pascagoula|Full-Time|Day Shift|
Mississippi
United States
Position Summary
The Outpatient Coding Professional evaluates and analyzes paperwork in the medical record advertisement abstracts the information aspects in the electronic medical record. They designate diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) and ambulatory payment categories (APC’s); finishes abstracts for client information; and deals with all medical records relating to coding medical diagnoses and treatments. The Coding Professional guarantees the precision and efficiency of appointed medical diagnosis and treatment codes and verifies versus the medical paperwork and claim information, developing principal/first noted medical diagnosis and secondary medical diagnoses. Expectation is for all carried out responsibilities to be in accordance with Singing River Health System treatments and policies, accreditation company, and governing assistance and publications for healthcare staff members.
DISCLAIMER: This is not always an extensive list of all obligations, tasks, abilities, efforts, requirements or working conditions related to the task. While this is planned to be a precise reflection of the existing task, management reserves the right to modify the task or to need that other or various jobs be carried out as designated.
Education
High School diploma or comparable needed. Should have finished course operate in medical terms, anatomy, physiology, illness procedures, ICD-9/10- Scientific Adjustment coding, and/or CPT coding.
License
N/A
Accreditation
Licensed (or licensed within one year of work) by the American Health Info Management Association (AHIMA) or American Academy of Expert Coders (AAPC) as a:
– CPC: Licensed Expert Coder;-LRB- – COC: Licensed Outpatient Coder;-LRB- – CCS-P: Qualified Coding Specialist-Physician-based;-LRB- – Or other comparable coding accreditation.
As soon as licensed, worker needs to finish all requirements (consisting of continuing education) to keep accreditation.
Experience
One (1) year of healthcare-related work experience or coding experience straight using codes chosen.
Physical Needs
Work is generally inactive: includes sitting the majority of the time with routine requirements to move about the workplace, move about the center, and to take a trip to another center within the SRHS service location. Work includes putting in a minimal quantity of force regularly to raise, bring, press, pull, or otherwise move things, consisting of the body. Work includes utilizing recurring movements: significant motions of the wrists, hands and/or fingers while running basic workplace devices such as computer system keyboard photo copier and 10- secret.
Work includes having the ability to view the nature of noise at regular speaking levels with or without correction; the capability to make great discriminations in noise. Work needs close visual and skill and the capability to change the eye to bring a things into sharp focus, i.e. shift look from seeing a computer system screen to forms/printed product that are more detailed to compare information at close vision.
Should have the ability to be active for prolonged time periods without experiencing unnecessary tiredness. Should have the ability to work versatile hours.
Psychological Needs
Should show eager psychological faculties/assessment and choice making capabilities. Need to show exceptional communication/speaking/enunciation abilities to get and provide info face to face and by telephone. Need to show strong composed and spoken interaction abilities. Need to have psychological stability favorable to handling high tension levels. Need to show capability to work under pressure and fulfill due dates.
Should preserve a reputable working relationship throughout the company. Need to show the capability to code and abstract medical records and comprehend concepts of coding/sequencing medical diagnoses. Need to have the ability to interact successfully with doctors concerning project of medical diagnoses and recognition of codes in the medical record. Need to know anatomy, physiology and medical terms; and know DRGs/APC’s.
Needs to effectively pass the Medical Records Coding tests (CPT and ICD-10), prior to work, with a rating of a minimum of 70%.
Unique Needs
Need to have remarkable customer support abilities and expert rules. Should have competent understanding and capability to utilize a computer system (needs to be keyboard competent) and other workplace innovation (i.e., telephone, fax, and so on). Need to have understanding and ability in utilizing MS Excel. Should have working understanding of MS Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint. Task needs taking a trip throughout the SRHS service location – with the staff member supplying his/her own transport. Need to have a legitimate chauffeur license.
Work needs the capability to work separately, adjust to work needs, set top priorities, and comprehend and set objectives. Need to have extremely established organizational, preparation and management writing abilities. Need to comprehend the principles of automated information processing, and have the ability to rapidly get an in-depth understanding of complex computerized and non-computerized info.
Singing River Health System.
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