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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Elkridge, MD
Elkridge, Maryland

About this job


Energize your career with one of Healthcare's fastest growing companies.  

 

You dream of a great career with a great company - where you can make an impact and help people.  We dream of giving you the opportunity to do just this.  And with the incredible growth of our business, it's a dream that definitely can come true. Already one of the world's leading Healthcare companies, UnitedHealth Group is restlessly pursuing new ways to operate our Service Centers, improve our Service levels and help people lead healthier lives. We live for the opportunity to make a difference and right now, we are living it up.

 

This opportunity is with one of our most exciting business areas: Optum - a growing part of our family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group a Fortune 14 leader.

 

Optum helps nearly 60 million Americans live their lives to the fullest by educating them about their symptoms, conditions, and treatments; helping them to navigate the system, finance their Healthcare needs, and stay on track with their Health goals. No other business touches so many lives in such a positive way. And we do it all with every action focused on our shared values of Integrity, Compassion, Relationships, Innovation, and Performance.

This position is responsible for reviewing various Medical records for ICD-9 Codes which captures a complete Clinical profile for our members.

Primary Responsibilities:


  • Perform Clinical chart reviews on Medical records following Coding guidelines and convention as established by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), American Hospital Association (AHA), and American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)

  • Extract the appropriate diagnostic codes based on the type of encounter

  • Maintain production and quality standards

  • Navigate through Chart Review tool

  • Complete other tasks as assigned

Requirements

Required Qualifications:


  • High School Diploma/GED

  • AAPC or AHIMA Coding Certification

  • 1+ year Coding experience (Externship or experience while in coding education programs does not count towards experience)

  • Understanding of Pathophysiology and Medical Terminology

  • Experience coding either Physician or Hospital based charts

  • Proficient using a computer, different programs/systems, and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook)

  • Familiar with Adobe Acrobat

Preferred Qualifications: 



  • Risk Adjustment/HCC coding experience

  • 2+ years of coding experience

  • Experience coding both Physician AND Hospital based charts

  • Knowledge of conducting Coding Audits

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)




Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.


 


 


Job Keywords: Coding certification, CPC, CCS,  Coding experience, Medical terminology, Risk adjustment, Coding Audits, Elkridge, MD, Maryland