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Baptist Memorial Health Care

Coder 2

Baptist Memorial Health Care, Memphis, Tennessee, us, 37544

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Job Summary: Codes diagnoses and procedures of patient records and abstracting information for reimbursement, research, and to generate statistical data. Performs daily feedback and education to providers, staff and patients of BMG. Assists with education of current coding staff. Performs other duties as assigned.

Overview Codes diagnoses and procedures of patient records and abstracting information for reimbursement, research, and to generate statistical data. Performs daily feedback and education to providers, staff and patients of BMG. Assists with education of current coding staff. Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

Codes diagnoses and procedures of records.

Completes assigned goals.

Serves as a resource to physician office staff, clinical documentation specialist, case managers, etc.

Act as lead for the team, assisting in onboarding of new staff and/or education of more specialized workflows.

Assist in research of new specialty areas, new treatments in medicine, etc.

Work with new acquisitions on documentation improvement and medical necessity, including education.

Experience

Minimum Required: Over one year of experience in physician/professional, outpatient surgery, and/or emergency department coding. Skill and proficiency in coding physician/professional outpatient (ancillary, emergency department, or outpatient surgery, etc.) records utilizing ICD-9-CM and CPT-4. Two years experience in an acute care facility, professional office or integrated health system. One year of documented successful physician education.

Education

Minimum Required: Skill and proficiency in coding physician/professional and outpatient (ancillary, emergency department, outpatient surgery, etc.) records utilizing ICD-9-CM and CPT-4; through 5 years experience in an acute care facility, professional office or integrated health system. Skill in communicating clearly and effectively using standard English in written, oral and verbal format to achieve high productivity and efficiency. Skill to write legibly and record information accurately as necessary to perform job duties. CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CCS, CCS-P, RHIT, RHIA.

Training

Minimum Required: CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CCS, CCS-P, RHIT, RHIA, HCPCS, ICD-10, ICD-9, CPT-4.

Special Skills

Minimum Required: Physician education, leadership, mentoring, workflow documentation.

Licensure

One of the following: CSS, CCSP, RHIT, RHIA, CPC, COC/CPCH, CPC-P, CCS, CCS-P.

Minimum Required: COC/CPCH; CPC-P; CCS-P; RHIT; RHIA; CPC; CCS.

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Other

Job function

Health Care Provider

Industries

Hospitals and Health Care

Remarks: This description excludes boilerplate and non-job-specific notices found in the original posting.

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