- Remote, United States
- Remote
- Full-time
- 3–5 years
HIM Outpatient Coder 2 is responsible for coding and abstracting outpatient medical records, including outpatient Surgeries, GI Procedures and Cardiac Catheterizations.
Responsibilities
- Codes outpatient surgeries, including GI Procedures and Cardiac Catheterization procedures using ICD-9 or CPT codes as appropriate.
- Maintains a yearly average accuracy rate of 94% during internal and/or external Coding audits.
- Verifies patient information to identify any discrepancies and ensures that all codes and any other abstracted information is applied to the appropriate patient's encounter.
- While reviewing the record for coding purposes, serves as a quality reviewer and identifies any documents not belonging to the patient, or the correct patient's encounter.
- Ensures the accuracy when using the appropriate modifiers while coding outpatient's encounters.
Requirements
- High School diploma
- AHIMA or AAPC certification (preferred)
- Nice to have: AHIMA ICD10-CM-PCS Trainer