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Wayne Memorial

Lead Coder

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A Medical Coder organizes and reviews patient medical records and assigns codes for each diagnosis and treatment. Prepares coded information for use by health care insurers or for research. May retrieve information for clinicians and billing offices. Works in healthcare facilities.

$64,024 / year median in Pennsylvania

-13% projected decline

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Job Description Full-time - This is not a remote position. Evaluates medical records, provides clinical abstracts and assigns appropriate clinical diagnosis and procedure codes for both inpatient and outpatient services in accordance with nationally recognized coding guidelines. Meets quality standards of having 95% of principal diagnoses and procedures correctly coded. Serves as a liaison between clinicians and the coding staff. Collaborates with all members of the revenue cycle to ensure data quality and optimum reimbursement allowable under the federal and state payment systems. Supervises the coding department in relation to the following: distribution of work assignments, dissemination of current coding guidelines and modern technology information, and provides relevant coding education to the coders, clinicians, and revenue cycle staff. Job Requirements Knowledge and understanding of ICD10 and CPT coding principles as recommended by the American Health Information Management Association coding competencies. One or more years of experience providing coding services for a broad range of hospital and acute care facilities. Must be able to achieve an acceptable accuracy rate on the coding audits administered by the hiring facility according to pre-established company standards. Minimum of successful completion of a coding certificate program in a program with AHIMA approval status. RHIT or CCS preferred. Prior hospital coding experience required. Meditech experience preferred; 3M Coding and Reimbursement experience required. Extensive knowledge of medical records principles and practices, anatomy, physiology, pathology, medical terminology, standard nomenclature, and classification of diagnoses and operations.