Coding Specialist
Coding Specialist
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Job Description
Overview
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institutedesignated cancer center in Washington.
With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation HIV/AIDS prevention immunotherapy and COVID19 vaccines Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the worlds leading cancer infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology infusion radiation proton therapy and related services and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the worlds deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.
At Fred Hutch we value collaboration compassion determination excellence innovation integrity and respect. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity dignity and inherent value of each employee patient community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems.
The Coding Specialist complies with the Official Coding Guidelines in ICD10CM and CPT coding conventions to assign for diagnoses and procedure codes for Fred Hutchs outpatient facility services. Clinical judgment and high level analytical skills are utilized to code and abstract the legal medical record to support appropriate reimbursement physician documentation improvement clinical effectiveness outcome studies and research to meet regulatory accreditation requirements for state and federal reporting and other external reporting purposes. This position offers a combination of remote and onsite coding.
Responsibilities
- Understand and apply correct coding regulatory and compliance guidelines APCs ICD10 CPT E&M procedure codes and modifiers and applies documentation guidelines.
- Maintains 95 coding accuracy while meeting departments productivity standards.
- Participate in staff discussions and provides valuable input to the team.
Qualifications
Required:
- High School Degree GED or equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired is necessary.
- RHIT CCS CPC COC and/or CCSP
- A minimum of 2 years experience in outpatient facility abstracting coding (ICD9ICD10 HCPCS and CPT) and facility coding modifiers. Experience may be substituted for a Bachelors degree in Health Informatics or Health Information Management along with required certification. Prior experience working with clinical professionals is preferred.
- Working knowledge of insurance plans LCD/NCDs
- Ability to work with clinical professionals
- Medical records and EMR/EHR knowledge
- Medical terminology Anatomy and Physiology
Preferred:
- Bachelors degree
- Prior oncology or Transplant coding
- Prior training experience with clinicians
- E & M Surgical and Infusion coding
- ICD10 training and/or Dual/Double coding experience
- EPIC HB 3M encoder ORCA and Mindscape experience
The hourly pay range for this position is from $29.19 to $41.56 and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.
Additional Information
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
