Inpatient Medical Coder - REMOTE
As the Remote Inpatient Medical Coder If you’re ready to explore the next step in your career: You’ll enjoy… Career Opportunities – Tons of growth opportunities for your career Standard Hours – 100% Remote. Monday-Friday (8:00am - 5:00pm - opportunity for flex schedule post training)
- Approved states for remote:
- Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Georgia, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin.
- Will log in to work queues & start applying their codes
- Will have to defend their own audits
- Will write their own queries which is a request made additional information from the physician which is then used to determine the best way of coding the clinical services provided for insurance purposes.
- Will not query if it doesn't effect DRG (GONG) or if CDI does a query, but they have to review & question it.
- EMR is EPIC and encoder is 3M.
- They are broken into regional and university facilities, so candidates will need to be able to shift around to support different hospitals. Average length of stay is 3-5 days (there are variances).
- CCS (Certified Coding Specialist) is strongly preferred. This coding credential is provided by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). A CCS will typically have experience in medical coding and want to advance his/her career or increase his/her income. Also open to: RHIA, CPC, COC, RHIT
- DRG & PCS knowledge: Inpatient coding uses ICD-10-CM diagnostic codes for billing and appropriate reimbursement but uses ICD-10-PCS as the procedural coding system. DRGs categorize patients by their diagnoses and the costs associated with treating them. Hospital DRGs are divided into two types: medical DRGs, which don’t reflect operating room procedures, and surgical DRGs. Both diagnosis and procedure codes are used to determine DRG. The DRG determines the single payment the hospital will receive for treating the patient — not for each syringe, swab, X-ray image, room supply, or pill, but one cost that covers the entire care episode.
- CPC or CCS Certified
- Inpatient Coding
- 3 years of inpatient coding
- Hospital Coding
- Inpatient Audit Experience
- EPIC EMR
- 3/M Systems