Senior Inpatient Medical Coder

Primary responsibilities

• Assign ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes for inpatient hospital services
• Understand how coding impacts DRG assignment, including CC/MCC relevance
• Abstract additional data elements during chart review as needed
• Follow ethical coding standards established by AAPC and/or AHIMA
• Maintain required quality and productivity standards
• Provide documentation feedback and query physicians when appropriate
• Keep coding knowledge current through ongoing education and review
• Participate in coding department meetings and educational events
• Track charts coded, held, and/or missing

Required qualifications

• High school diploma or GED, or higher
• Professional coder certification from AHIMA and/or AAPC: RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, or CPC-H
• 3+ years of acute care inpatient medical coding experience
• 2+ years of experience in a Level 2 or higher trauma center and/or teaching hospital
• Experience with complex procedures, trauma ER encounters, cardiac catheterization, interventional radiology, orthopedic cases, neurology cases, and observation coding
• 2+ years of ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, and DRG coding experience
• Ability to pass pre-employment screening, including drug screening and background check

Preferred qualifications

• 2+ years of outpatient facility coding experience
• Experience in a Level 1 trauma center
• Experience with OSHPD reporting
• Experience with encoder systems such as eCAC, 3M, and EPIC
• Proficiency with Windows, Microsoft Excel, and EMR systems
• Ability to work a 40-hour schedule with occasional overtime and one weekend day as needed

Benefits and perks

• $5,000 sign-on bonus for external applicants
• Paid time off beginning with the first pay period
• 8 paid holidays
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Health spending account or health savings account options
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) savings plan
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Education reimbursement
• Employee discounts
• Employee assistance program
• Employee referral bonus program
• Voluntary benefits, including pet insurance, legal insurance, and long-term care insurance