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Job DescriptionSpectrum Healthcare Resources is excited to offer a potential career opportunity for a remote inpatient Medical Coder at the Naval Hospital Oak Harbor, WA.
Position Duties Include Inpatient Medical Coder:
Accurately assigns diagnosis and procedure codes for inpatient facility and professional services to include, but not limited to; inpatient stays, surgical procedures, dental surgical procedures, anesthesia services, ancillary services, and inpatient external resources. Work may involve areas such as Laboratory, Radiology, and Dental services. Ensures correct assignment of DRGs for inpatient stays.
Codes inpatient discharge records with correct and optimal DRG assignment, Relative Weighted Product (RWP) and Relative Value Units (RVUs) in order for the Center to receive correct reimbursement or workload credit. Performs necessary tasks within MHS GENESIS® and other military coding systems (to include, but not limited to, 3M Encompass 360, Joint Legacy Viewer (JLV)) to complete encounters. May be tasked with assisting with ambulatory and outpatient coding. Researches and resolves coding edit failures as assigned.
Qualifications Include
Possess a minimum of five (5) years of medical coding and/or auditing experience in two (2) or more medical, surgical, and ancillary specialties within the past 10 years; OR a minimum of three (3) years of medical coding or auditing experience if that experience was in an MTF
A Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) and Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) from AHIMA may be counted towards either the professional services or institutional coding certification requirement
Advanced knowledge of the International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD-CM), and Procedural Coding System (PCS); Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS); and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), as used in institutional and professional services medical coding
Advanced knowledge of reimbursement systems, including Prospective Payment System (PPS) and Diagnostic Related Groupings (DRGs); Ambulatory Payment Classifications (APCs); and Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS).
Practical knowledge of medical specialties; medical diagnostic and therapeutic procedures; ancillary services (includes, but is not limited to: Laboratory, Dental, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Radiology); and revenue cycle management concepts related to medical coding.
Company OverviewSpectrum Healthcare Resources (SHR) was established in 1988 to deliver systems and processes designed to meet the unique needs of Military and VA Health Systems. SHR is a leading organization that provides physician and clinical staffing and management services to United States Military Treatment Facilities, VA clinics and other Federal Agencies through various contracting vehicles. A Joint Commission Health Care Staffing Services firm, SHR is the military staffing division of TeamHealth, a Nationwide organization that serves 850 civilian and military hospitals with a team of 9,600 affiliated health care professionals.
Spectrum Healthcare Resources is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law
Location : Location US-WA-Oak Harbor
Recruiter : Full Name: First Last Judi Brown
Direct phone number 31474444315
Recruiter : Email Judi_Brown@spectrumhealth.com
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Health Care Provider
Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
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