Remote Inpatient Coder

• Review and abstract Inpatient medical records. Report diagnoses, treatments, as well as surgical and non-surgical procedures for facility medical services.
• Ensure all services documented in the patient s medical record are coded with the appropriate ICD-10-CM diagnosis and ICD-10-PCS procedure codes.
• Ensure code assignment is supported by provider documentation.
• Query physician when documentation is inadequate, ambiguous or conflicting.
• Maintain extensive coding regulatory knowledge regarding abstraction of data elements for DRG, MS-DRG, POA, and where applicable APR-DRGs.
• Conduct reviews of medical records to ensure compliance with coding and documentation guidelines and governmental requirements.
• Review and recommend changes to policies and procedures to improve coding and data management for Healthcare Resource Group and client.
• Exercise excellent oral and written communication skills in order to effectively interact and communicate with multiple professional disciplines.
• Demonstrate service excellence, integrity, and initiative.
• Maintain coding certification and educational requirements.

• AHIMA Certified - CCS, RHIT or RHIA are preferred
• 5+ years of facility inpatient coding experience for High to Mid- high-sized facilities required
• Level 1 truama/teaching facility and remote coding experience

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