Inpatient Coder Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Inpatient Coder to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for responding to Patient Financial Services questions regarding coding assignments that generate errors within the billing editor;
- Responsible for maintaining an overall coding accuracy rate of 90% or greater and a DRG accuracy rate of 95% or greater;
- Responsible for final coding and DRG accuracy on all inpatient accounts;
- Prompts medical staff physicians for additional documentation as needed to clarify DRG assignment, maintaining professional communication;
- Accurately assign ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes to arrive at a DRG based on information provided in the patient record.
Requirements:
- Must have a CCS Accredited by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA);
- Must have a minimum of 5 years of IP coding experience;
- Advanced knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, disease process, pharmacology, complex surgical procedures;
- Ability to code and maintain >95% quality standards and meet productivity standards as documented for each project;
- Credentials to include one or a combination of the following: RHIA, RHIT, and/or CCS. Additional credentials are preferred but not required;
- Must have extensive knowledge of Coding Clinic, and all official coding guidelines including UHDDS;
- Three years or greater of inpatient coding experience in an acute care facility. Teaching facility or Level I or II trauma center experience a plus.