Job Overview
Job description
- Salary:
- Compensation (Commensurate with experience)
- Location:
- United States
- Work arrangement:
- Remote
Role Summary
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Reviews provider documentation and revises and/or assigns ICD-10-CM codes
and CPT/HCPCS codes as appropriate, based on official coding guidelines.
Researches and takes appropriate action on any coding/claim edits.
Coding focus is provider based E&M level visits or outpatient hospital based
ancillary visits
Responsibilities
- Standards of Performance: Respect, Integrity, Compassion, Collaboration,
- Stewardship, Accountability, Quality
Requirements
Education
- High School Diploma required. Preferred Associate or Bachelor Degree in
- Health Information or a healthcare related discipline.
- Licenses and Certification
- RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P, CCA, or CPC required.
Experience and Skills
- Technical Experience:
- o Required for CCS-P, CCA, or CPC - 1 year (2000 continuous working
- hours).
Role Specific Responsibilities
- Follows all coding policies, procedures, standard operating procedures
- Effectively uses encoding software and reference materials to assign appropriate
codes.
- Provider driven coding: Reviews and accepts or revises code selection based
upon documentation and coding guidelines.
- Non – provider driven coding: Reviews provider documentation and assigns
appropriate codes based upon coding guidelines
- Reviews coding edits and accurately resolves so encounter can be sent to claims.
- Sends clear, respectful communications to provider in basket or queries when
additional information is needed before finalizing coding.
- Identifies and communicates to Coding Lead/Supervisor/Manager any issues
related to documentation, coding or systems that may impact quality, compliance,
or productivity
- Performs work que duties as assigned by Coding Lead/Supervisor/Manager.
- Maintains coding quality and productivity standards
- Actively engages and makes meaningful contribution when participating in
- performance improvement initiatives, department meetings and other meetings as
- required.
- Maintains required CEU’s
- $22.74
- To
- $35.25
- To access our Benefits Guide/Plan Information, please click the link below:
- Role:
- Fully Remote, Outpatient Professional Fee Coder: Family Practice, Assisted Livin
- Job Type:
- Full Time
Company profile
Southern Illinois Healthcare
sih.netSouthern Illinois Healthcare (SIH) is a not-for-profit health system headquartered in Carbondale, serving the southernmost 16 counties of Illinois. It operates four hospitals, the SIH Cancer Institute, SIH Mulberry Center and more than 30 outpatient clinics, with nearly 700 employed and affiliated physicians and advanced practice providers. SIH also offers virtual care, online scheduling for primary care and maternity services, and has served the region for 80 years.
- Headquarters
- Carbondale, Illinois, United States
- Funding Stage
- Non-profit