Coding Specialist

Responsibilities

Understand and apply correct coding, regulatory and compliance guidelines, APCs, ICD10, CPT, E&M, procedure codes and modifiers, and applies documentation guidelines.

Maintains 95% coding accuracy while meeting department's productivity standards.

Participate in staff discussions and provides valuable input to the team.

Requirements

• High School Degree, GED, or equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired is necessary.
• RHIT, CCS, CPC, COC and/or CCS-P
• A minimum of 2 years experience in outpatient facility abstracting coding (ICD9,ICD10, HCPCS and CPT) and facility coding modifiers.
• Experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree in Health Informatics or Health Information Management along with required certification.
• Prior experience working with clinical professionals
• Working knowledge of insurance plans, LCD/NCD’s
• Ability to work with clinical professionals
• Medical records and EMR/EHR knowledge
• Medical terminology, Anatomy and Physiology

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Health Informatics or Health Information Management (preferred)
• Prior oncology or transplant coding
• Prior training experience with clinicians, E & M, surgical and infusion coding, ICD10 training and/or dual/double coding experience
• EPIC HB, 3M encoder ORCA and Mindscape experience

Skills

• Medical terminology, Anatomy and Physiology
• Medical records and EMR/EHR knowledge

Benefits

The hourly pay range for this position is from $29.77 to $42.39 and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health, well-being, and financial security. Benefits include medical/vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, life, disability, retirement, family life support, employee assistance program, onsite health clinic, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation (12-22 days per year), paid sick leave (12-25 days per year), paid holidays (13 days per year), paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks).