Outpatient Coding Technician

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Reports To: Director of Health Information Management

Status: 80 hours per two week pay period

Shift: 8:00 am 4:30 pm (Can be flexible with hours once training is complete)

Job Schedule: Full time

Weekly Hours: 40 hours

Remote Position: Can be remote or hybrid

Pay: Competitive salary

Benefits: Huron Regional Medical Center offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility a variety of benefits include health insurance dental insurance vision insurance life insurance a 401(k) retirement plan sick leave and paid time off. To review your benefit eligibility visit HRMC Benefits.

Job Summary

Reviews the medical record to assign diagnosis and procedure codes in accordance with the Standards of Ethical Coding as stated by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) in compliance with ICD10 coding guidelines CMS guidelines and other regulatory requirements. These codes are used for billing statistics and reporting data. Proper coding is essential to collecting optimal reimbursement for services.

Demonstrates the mission of HRMC by demonstrating the Core Values:

Be Accessible determined to provide local interventional healthcare for the community.

Be Helpful always help each other while caring for others.

Be Knowledgeable knowledge applied thoughtfully to others.

Essential Job Functions

• Extract data from the medical record to apply ICD10 diagnosis CPT HCPCS and ICD10 PCS (inpatient only) codes.
• Will add charge codes for professional charges medication administration and other services as needed. Most other charge codes are dropped via provider documentation.
• Comply with medical coding guidelines and policies.
• Identify documentation deficiencies and work with providers to resolve them.
• Work with the Patient Accounts department to resolve claim denials in a timely manner.
• Promotes and maintains confidentiality when dealing with data related to patients providers co-workers and any other facility information.
• Provide education and feedback to HRMC employees on workflows related to the medical record/coding process.
• Work with insurance follow-up staff to resolve denials.

Other Job Duties

• Participates in Quality Risk and Utilization Management activities.
• Create reports/pull data as requested.
• Assist in the orientation and development of personnel and students.
• Continuously working on professional self-development. Ensures that they are knowledgeable about advances changes and new regulations that may affect their job duties.
• Continuously reviewing and improving processes and workflow.
• Assist other departments and performs other duties as needed/able to.
• Complies with all HRMC policies and federal/state regulations.
• Always maintains a professional appearance and demeanor.
• Utilize interpretation resources as needed (via phone/computer or in-person)

• RHIT RHIA or AHIMA/AAPC-issued certified coding certification required
• At least 2 years of experience in a medical facility preferred.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Maintain a minimum of a 95% accuracy rate.
• Working knowledge of medical terminology anatomy and physiology required.
• Requires excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Office package including but not limited to Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel Teams and Microsoft Outlook.

Essential Physical Demands

• May require light lifting. Occasional lifting of boxes of medical records
• Ability to sit/work on computer for long periods of time
• May accompany patients to other department/assist with transporting patients in wheelchairs

Mental Requirements

• Must demonstrate critical thinking skills
• Requires ability to pay close attention to detail
• Must be able to comprehend polices procedures and guidelines
• Requires patience and compassion for interactions with others
• Requires excellent cultural diversity and sensitivity skills