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Job Description
Desired Skill Sets:
- Must be available to work onsite - Memorial Hermann, The Woodlands
- 2yrs Neurosurgery coding experience highly preferred
- Must have CPT and ICD-10 coding experience
- Pain Management or Orthopedic surgery coding experience acceptable
Minimum Qualifications:
Education:
- High School Diploma or GED required, Associate Degree in medical area, preferred
Licenses/Certifications: One of the following licenses is required:
- Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), or
- Certified Professional Coder (CPC), or
- Registered Heath Information Technician (RHIT), or
- Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), or
- Certified Medical Coder (CMC)
- Certified Coding Associate (CCA)
Experience / Knowledge / Skills:
- Two (2) years outpatient coding experience required, six (6) months of HCC experience preferred
- Ability to code multi-specialties for physicians including E&M Levels
- Effective oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstrates commitment to the Partners-in-Caring process by integrating our culture in all internal and external customer interactions; delivers on our brand promise of “Advancing health. Personalizing care” through compassion, courage, credibility, and commitment to community.
Principal Accountabilities
- Assigns codes for diagnoses, treatments, and procedures according to the appropriate classification system for outpatient encounters.
- Utilizes technical coding principals and APC reimbursement expertise to assign appropriate ICD-10-CM diagnoses, CPT 4, E&M Levels and modifiers.
- Reviews documentation to extract and enter data accurately for other abstracting fields.
- Follow coding compliance policies, official coding guidelines, regulatory requirements and internal policies and procedures affecting the coding process.
- Abides by the Standards of Ethical Coding as set forth by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and adheres to official coding guidelines.
- Ensures safe care to patients, staff and visitors; adheres to all Memorial Hermann policies, procedures, and standards within budgetary specifications including time management, supply management, productivity and quality of service.
- Promotes individual professional growth and development by meeting requirements for mandatory/continuing education and skills competency; supports department-based goals which contribute to the success of the organization; serves as preceptor, mentor and resource to less experienced staff.
- Other duties as assigned.
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