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Inpatient Rehab Coding Specialist

Southlake, TX 76092

Employment Type: Direct Hire Job Number: 25754-1 Pay Rate: 30.00 Remote Friendly?:

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Inpatient Rehab Coding Specialist
HIGHLIGHTS
Location: Remote/ USA
Position Type: Direct Hire
Hourly / Salary: BOE
Residency Status: US Citizen or Green Card Holder ONLY

Job Description

Our client is looking for an Inpatient Rehab Coding Specialist with AAPC or AHIMA; with Acute Care Facility Inpatient Rehab Coding experience to join their team!

Overview:

The remote Inpatient Rehab Coder is responsible for reviewing and evaluating Inpatient medical records documentation to assign, sequence, edit and/or validate the appropriate ICD-10 and ICD-10-PCS codes.

Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Abstract from typed and/or handwritten medical records.
  • Where applicable, complete the coding portion of the IRF-PAI
  • Select diagnostic and procedure codes to the highest level of specificity.
  • Assign the correct principal diagnosis, major comorbidities and complications, POA indicators, HAC, principal procedure codes, secondary procedure codes, and discharge disposition.
  • Utilize the complete patient medical record documentation in code/DRG assignment, validation, and/or editing of codes/DRG.
  • Send compliant queries to physicians for clarification of information in the medical record.
  • Maintain established accuracy and productivity standards.
Minimum Qualifications and Requirements: 
  • Current CIC from AAPC, or CCS from AHIMA
  • Must maintain certification via CEU requirements from AAPC or AHIMA
  • ONE (1) year of recent Facility Acute Care Inpatient Rehab Coding and abstracting experience.
  • Must have a strong understanding and proficiency in DRG coding.
  • Knowledge of 3M encoder, Codify, Optum 360 EPIC electronic health record is required.
  • Comfortable with hitting a 95% accuracy or better and hitting productivity standards.
  • Knowledge of medical/surgical terminology
  • High School diploma or equivalent
  • Skilled in Microsoft Excel, Word, SharePoint, and Outlook
  • Utilization of Codify, 3M, and Optum 360 Coding programs.


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