Certified Coder

Inpatient coder will review complete hospital-stay medical records thoroughly, including physician notes, operative reports, lab results, and discharge summary and accurately assign ICD-10-CM codes for principal and secondary diagnoses, complications, and comorbidities, assign ICD-10-PCS codes for inpatient surgical and medical procedures, DRG assignment by determining and sequencing for hospital reimbursement.

Responsible for sending queries to providers/CDI team for clarification while maintaining high coding accuracy in accordance to coding guidelines.## #Medical terminology, anatomy and physiology required. Minimum of 3-5#years previous inpatient coding experience in an acute care setting a must. Certification as RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P required.

Keyboard/typing, minimum 45 wpm# High School Diploma or equivalent required.# Active CCS required. This is for an inpatient coding position and must have experience to be considered, not entry level position.# # Associates Degree preferred,#3-5 years#experience#in inpatient coding a must.# # #