Inpatient Coder

About e4health

At e4health, our vision is to empower better health for our clients, our team, and the communities we serve. We live by five core values that guide everything we do:

• Embrace Change, Fun, and Learning: We maintain an unrelenting focus on quality, client success, and team member growth.
• Our PEOPLE Make the Difference: We build trusted relationships and celebrate wins every day.
• WE GROW: We believe in win/win outcomes—when our customers win, we win.
• GSD (Get Stuff Done): We say no to politics, drama, and egos, and yes to informed, agile decisions.
• Respectfully Listen, Challenge, & Support Each Other: We listen intently, challenge respectfully, and support fully.

Serving more than 400 hospitals and health systems nationwide for nearly two decades, e4health provides solutions to tackle the toughest problems in healthcare with unmatched technology, mid-revenue cycle, and operational expertise. Our solutions streamline clinical, financial, and health information workflows, optimize coding, quality, and clinical documentation integrity processes, and address health IT operational challenges to deliver material results for healthcare organizations across the country.

About the Role

The Inpatient Coder is responsible for accurately abstracting data into appropriate client electronic medical record systems, following the Official ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Guidelines for Coding, UHDDS guidelines, and CMS directives. Performs data entry of required abstracted patient information into the client’s information system. Assigns Present on Admission (POA) indicators according to AHA POA guidelines. Queries physicians when appropriate and interacts with Clinical Documentation staff as per account requirements. Maintains consistent coding accuracy rate of 95% or better while also meeting productivity standards.

This is a remote, non-exempt role available on a full-time or part-time basis.

Responsibilities

• Assigns appropriate ICD-10-CM/PCS codes to inpatient accounts as per designated workflow
• Abstracts and enters coded data for hospital statistical and reporting requirements
• Assigns present on admission indicators and discharge dispositions
• Queries physicians to clarify conflicting, imprecise, incomplete, ambiguous, and/or inconsistent clinical information when appropriate
• Communicates documentation improvement opportunities and coding issues to appropriate personnel for follow up and resolution
• Communicates with Clinical Documentation Improvement and/or Revenue Cycle teams for follow up and reconciliation of accounts
• Maintains required productivity and quality requirements
• Maintains coding credential requirements

Requirements

• Approved AHIMA or AAPC coding credential
• 3+ years of Inpatient coding in an acute care setting required
• 5+ years and/or Trauma Level 1/Academic Teaching facility experience preferred
• Proficient in ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding
• 3+ years of coding within the US is required

Key Success Attributes

• Integrity, passion, and ethics
• Strong collaboration skills
• Strong analytic and problem-solving abilities and techniques
• Consistent initiative with strong drive for results and success
• Commitment to a team environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Well-developed written, verbal, and presentation communication skills including deep listening and attention to detail
• Ability to self-motivate and self-direct
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Commitment and adherence to company Core Values

Core Competencies

• High level of integrity & ethical judgement
• Communication
• Consistency and Reliability
• Meeting Standards

Benefits

We offer an excellent salary and full benefits package including:

• 401(k) with company match
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance
• PTO policy

Physical Demands

• Prolonged periods of desk work on a computer
• Talking, hearing, and near vision required for computer-based tasks and virtual communications
• Sensory perception (visual, auditory, and tactile) essential for computer and phone use

Working Conditions

This is a remote role; work is performed in a home office environment.