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).