Inpatient Coder

Location: 960 Century Drive 2nd Floor, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

Schedule

Schedules may vary to accommodate time zone differences:

• M-F 7:00am - 4:00pm
• M-F 9:00am - 6:00pm
• M-F 10:00am - 7:00pm
• M-F 11:00am - 7:30pm

Remote schedule offered ONLY after obtaining CCS credentials and consistently demonstrating the ability to meet the department's productivity and quality standards (minimum of one year working on-site).

Pay

Starting at $24.50/hour, based on experience.

Benefits

• Diverse and comprehensive benefits package
• Accruable Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid holidays
• 401(k) with company match
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability
• Extended Illness Days (EID)
• Personal and family medical leave
• Access to campus walking trails and outdoor rest areas
• Thorough orientation and strong cross-department collaboration opportunities

About The Opportunity

Select Medical is seeking an entry-level inpatient coder responsible for reviewing multidisciplinary inpatient medical records and health information to classify patient diagnoses and procedures by accurate ICD-10-PCS codes and DRGs.

Does This Sound Like You?

• You enjoy working behind the scenes in healthcare operations
• You thrive in collaborative, innovative team environments
• You want to work for an organization devoted to helping others

If so, this could be an excellent opportunity for you!

Responsibilities

• Evaluate documentation of patient care to code and abstract data used for statistics, state reporting, reimbursement, and other needs.
• Assign ICD-10-CM codes to inpatient diagnoses, treatments, and procedures according to coding guidelines.
• Complete coding with an error rate within the work standard and maintain standards relative to productivity and quality.
• Communicate verbally and in writing with physicians, medical staff, and other care professionals when documentation needs clarification for accurate code assignment, which may or may not impact reimbursement.
• Prepare workload reports and participate in department management studies, as well as data quality reviews or other documentation audits.
• Perform peer review of codes and DRG assignment.
• Keep knowledge of coding and DRG assignment current by reviewing federal publications and other reference materials for changes in regulations and practice guidelines.
• Monitor compliance with documentation standards required for accurate and thorough coding.
• Investigate, evaluate, and identify opportunities for documentation improvement.
• Guide hospital CEOs, medical staff, and others regarding compliant documentation practices required for accurate reimbursement and statistics.

Requirements

• Completed medical coding education program with emphasis on inpatient coding.

Qualifications

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Detail oriented
• Excellent time management and organizational skills

Preferred Qualifications

• RHIA, RHIT, CCS, or CPC-H credentials
• Experience in ICD-10-CM diagnoses, procedure coding, and DRG validation
• One or more years of experience with inpatient hospital medical records coding