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Acute Care Inpatient Coding Specialist

HCA Healthcare, Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23214

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Job Title Acute Care Inpatient Coding Specialist

Overview Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. Submit your application for the opportunity below: Acute Care Inpatient Coding Specialist Parallon

Benefits

Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.

Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long‑term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.

Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing

401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)

Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock

Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.

Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more

Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts

Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships

Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)

Colleague recognition program

Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long‑ and short‑term disability coverage and leaves of absence)

Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee‑only coverage to full‑time and part‑time colleagues based on income.

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Job Summary And Qualifications Coding Integrity Specialist (CIS) III reviews and evaluates hospital inpatient medical record documentation to assign, sequence, edit and/or validate the appropriate ICD‑10‑CM and ICD‑10‑PCS codes. Performs coding and/or code/DRG validation across multiple entities. Applies all appropriate coding guidelines and criteria for code selections. Adheres to Company and HSC Coding Compliance policies and procedures for the assignment of complete, accurate, timely, and consistent codes for diagnoses and procedures.

What you will do in this role

Assigns, sequences, validates, and/or edits codes/DRGs and abstracted data (e.g., physician, discharge disposition, query tracking) for inpatient records for multiple facilities using ICD‑10‑CM and ICD‑10‑PCS to include:

Diagnosis description with appropriate 3-7 digit code assignment with corresponding Present On Admission (POA)

Procedure description with appropriate 7 digit ICD‑10‑PCS code, date and surgeon

Admitting Diagnosis

Discharge disposition

Where applicable, completes the coding portion of the IRF‑PAI

Maintains or exceeds established accuracy standards

Maintains or exceeds established productivity standards

Utilizes the complete patient medical record documentation in code/DRG assignment, validation, and/or editing of codes/DRGs

Initiates, reviews, and/or edits physician queries in compliance with Company and HSC policy where appropriate

As needed, may periodically be asked to perform Coding Account Resolution Specialist III (CARS III) duties

Reviews all official data quality standards, coding guidelines, Company policies and procedures, and clinical/medical resources to assure coding knowledge and skills remain current

Follows all applicable coding guidance in assigning, sequencing, validation, and/or editing of codes/DRGs

Meets all educational requirements as stated in current Company and HSC policy

Practice and adhere to the “Code of Conduct” philosophy and “Mission and Value Statement”

Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

High School graduate or GED equivalent preferred, undergraduate (associate or bachelors) degree in HIM/HIT preferred.

Minimum 1 year of acute care hospital inpatient coding required, 3 years preferred

RHIA, RHIT or CCS preferred

Please visit our Parallon HCA Healthcare Coding Landing Page for more information on Coding Opportunities.

Parallon Provides full‑service revenue cycle management, or total patient account resolution, for HCA Healthcare. Our services include scheduling, registration, insurance verification, hospital billing, revenue integrity, collections, payment compliance, credentialing, health information management, customer service, payroll and physician billing. We also provide full‑service revenue cycle management as well as targeted solutions, such as Medicaid Eligibility, for external clients across the country. Parallon has over 17,000 colleagues, and serves close to 1,000 hospitals and 3,000 physician practices, all making an impact on patients, providers and their communities.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Acute Care Inpatient Coding Specialist opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today!

Equal Opportunity Employer We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Seniority Level

Entry level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Health Care Provider

Industries

Hospitals and Health Care

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