Inpatient Coder – Hospital

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Conduct accurate hospital coding on inpatient accounts, including Medicare/Non-Medicare, surgical, medical, cardiac, maternity/newborn, and trauma cases.

• Maintain an up-to-date understanding of ICD-10 PCS, governmental regulations, official coding standards, and third-party documentation and billing requirements.

• Assign appropriate ICD-10/PCS codes to all services recorded in patient charts.

• Request necessary documentation when services or diagnoses are inadequately documented.

• Achieve and uphold a coding accuracy rate of 96% while ensuring productivity is met.

• Process pending queues on a daily basis.

• Adhere to facility-specific policies, query protocols, and the CDI reconciliation process.

• Identify and communicate charts that require re-bills to the facility on a daily basis.

• Notify administrative staff immediately regarding any coder downtime.

• Respond to physician and hospital coding or billing inquiries within eight hours.

⛳️ Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent qualification.

• Must possess one of the following credentials: RHIA, RHIT, CCS.

• Over 5 years of experience in Inpatient Facility coding.

• Experience in Rehab Inpatient Facility coding, including admissions (IRF/PAI) and discharges.

• Proficient knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, and Medical Terminology.

• Associate's Degree.

• Comprehensive understanding of ICD-10 PCS, governmental regulations, official coding guidelines, and third-party documentation and billing standards.

• Capability to achieve and maintain a coding accuracy rate of 96%.

• Ability to maintain an average productivity rate of 1 inpatient chart per hour once finalized.

• Competence in following facility-specific policies and procedures, query protocols, and the CDI reconciliation process.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance.

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays.

• Position may qualify for a discretionary variable incentive bonus.

• Parental Leave.

• 401(k) Retirement Plan.

• Basic Life & Supplemental Life Insurance.

• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability coverage.

• Tuition Reimbursement, along with Personal Development & Learning Opportunities.

• Skills Development & Certifications.

• Employee Referral Program.

• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach initiatives.

• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program.

• Flexible benefits package.