Observation Coder

Florence, SC

TRACKING CODE

8992

JOB DESCRIPTION

Essential Functions

1. Maintains a professional image and exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers in accordance with our Service Excellence Standards and Core Values. 
2. Maintains credentials with AHIMA or AAPC is required. 
3. Keeps abreast of all new coding developments by attending any coding classes, reading articles on coding updates, and attending seminars when available.
4. Possess outpatient coding knowledge and experience necessary to accurately assign ICD-10-CM codes for   principal diagnosis and any applicable secondary diagnoses on all Observation encounters.
5. Possess outpatient coding knowledge and experience necessary to accurately assign CPT procedure codes for principal procedure and any applicable secondary procedures on all Observation encounters, when applicable, to arrive at the most appropriate APC assignment.
6. Understands and appropriately assigns all applicable modifiers to CPT procedure codes and ancillary charges required to prevent billing edits.
7. Abstracts required information from record and enters into abstract system.
8. Queries physicians appropriately when documentation is not clear in the medical record.
9. Codes Observation encounters at all McLeod Health facilities.
10. Maintains department specific productivity standards with a 95% accuracy rate.
11. Respects patient confidentiality at all times.
12. Performs other backup duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Education/Training

• 1 to 2 years of Hospital observation coding in Medical Records

Licenses and/or Certifications

• High School Diploma required, AHIMA or AAPC maintained credential required.

WORK SCHEDULE

Full time

JOB LOCATION

Florence, SC, United States

POSITION TYPE

Full time