Inpatient Medical Coder – DRG Specialist

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

📋 Description

• Evaluate and interpret intricate records to accurately charge for inpatient services at Trauma 1 facilities.

• Assign and sequence appropriate diagnostic and procedure codes in accordance with third-party payer standards.

• Seek clarification when documentation is unclear, ambiguous, or lacks specificity.

• Collaborate with facility coding for diagnosis, procedure coding, and DRG assignment.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 2 years of inpatient coding experience in a Trauma 1 environment.

• Certification in RHIA, RHIT, and/or CCS, CIC.

• Excellent communication, analytical, and research abilities with a strong attention to detail.

• Understanding of coding principles related to facility diagnosis and procedure coding as well as DRG assignment.

• Awareness of legal and policy guidelines relevant to coding practices.

• Familiarity with appropriate reference materials, standards, and guidelines for coding.

• Experience with various EMRs and encoders, or the capacity to learn quickly.

• Knowledge of confidentiality standards and requirements.

🏝️ Benefits

• Confidential management of employee information in line with EEO guidelines.

• Protections under equal employment opportunity policies.

• Optional and confidential administrative EEO record process.

• Employment free from discrimination based on legally protected status.