- New Britain, Connecticut, United States
- Hybrid
- $30–$47 per hour
- 3+ years
Responsible for coding and facility charge process for inpatient accounts, with occasional outpatient coding support.
Compensation
The wage range for this position is $30.13 to $46.71.
Responsibilities
- Ensures coding processes are completed timely and efficiently for admission and discharged inpatient records
- Prepares daily outstanding coding report and distributes as appropriate
- Assigns admission DRG for all admitted patients within 24 hours
- Uses EMR, 3M HDM abstracting, coding and reference tool, and clinical documentation tool to assign all diagnostic, procedure and facility-based charging
- Resolves outstanding edits and denials for assigned case load weekly
Requirements
- Associate’s degree in health information management or equivalent from two-year college
- Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) or Certified Coding Specialist – Physician-based (CCS-P), or Certified Professional Coder-Payer (CPC-P)
- Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) certification is a plus
- Nice to have: coding outpatient/clinic records
- Nice to have: Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) certification