Medical Coder - Spencer Hospital

Location:

Spencer, IA

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Position Highlights

Spencer Hospital is a rural hospital located in northwest Iowa employing over 500+ employees. Positions at Spencer Hospital are not affiliated with Avera; however, we collaborate to provide services to the communities we serve. Employment offers, if accepted, are exclusively with Spencer Hospital.

Responsibilities:

• Assigns codes to diagnosis and procedures for inpatient and outpatient medical records using ICD-10 and CPT 4 coding classification systems.
• Coding assignments are made for the purposes of reimbursement, research, compliance with federal and state regulations/guidelines and for severity of illness.
• Adheres to regulatory requirements, is ethical in assignment of codes and meets continuing education requirements.
• Complete continuing educations requirements for maintenance of credential(s) and departmental Coding Compliance Plan.
• Monitors the status of coding backlog and unbilled accounts receivable. 
• Flexible in moving to various assignments to maximize section efficiency and reduce A/R.
• Interacts with Patient Accounts and Physician Office staff on billing related issues with particular attention to regulatory requirements and ethics.
• Enter necessary charges.
• Assigns E & M code assignments for Emergency, Hospitalist, Wound Care and Behavioral Health physician/provider for billing purposes.
• Routes questionable E & M coding cases to physician representative for clarification.
• Assigns codes for specialty areas such as clinics, oncology etc, which are accurate and meet special regulatory requirements.
• Assigns codes for interim billing purposes (RCA).
• Conduct quality review audits
• Assigns appropriate status on surgical patients
• Validates abstracted data against the medical record and enters additional data elements as appropriate.   
• Utilizes critical thinking while completing the abstract for recognition of data elements requiring follow-up.
• Engages in caring and professional communication.

Requirements:

• Associate degree in Health Information/Medical Record Technology (RHIT or eligible) or Bachelors degree in Health Information/Registered Health Information Administration (RHIA or eligible); and/or Certified Coding Specialist (CCS); and/or Associate degree of Applied Science in Medical Secretary Program preferred.​
• Hospital or clinic coding experience preferred.
• Experience with EPIC preferred.
• Position has the ability to be remote; must adhere to Spencer Hospital's Home Employment Policy.

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Schedule: 

• 80 hours per pay period
• Mon-Fri; 8a-4:30p
• The schedule may fluctuate based upon needs of the department

Spencer Hospital offers competitive wages, affordable insurance, IPERS retirement, in-house education, paid time off, family gym membership and so much more!

Please contact Spencer Hospital Human Resources for any questions at 712.264.6205 or email [email protected].

Learn more about Spencer Hospital: spencerhospital.org