Remote Inpatient Coder 3, CCS Job at Yale New Haven Health, New Haven, CT

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  • Yale New Haven Health
  • New Haven, CT

Job Description

Overview: To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

The Inpatient Coder 3 performs activities involving expert level inpatient coding of medical records as a mechanism for indexing clinical information used for research, utilization, appropriateness of care, compilation of statistics for hospital, regional and government reporting, and accurate reimbursement. This level of coding is expected to completely code cases of any complexity/length of stay. They also support the department through a variety of project work and support the department through a variety of project work.

EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran Responsibilities:
  • 1. Coding Expectations - Coders are expected to perform coding functions within departmental guidelines. Departmental guidelines include productivity expectations, goals, accurate use of coding statuses, work queues, stop bills and communication and relationship building with the Clinical Documentation Improvement department.
  • 2. Quality - Coders are expected to maintain a minimum quality score of 95% in in all aspects of their coding including diagnosis code, procedure code, discharge disposition and POA status selection. Coders are evaluated by both, internal audits and third party external audits.
  • 3. Professional Development/Education ? Coders are required to support the educational needs of the department and remain current with coding guidelines, ICD10 updates, regulatory changes, etc. They are also expected to collaborate closely with the CDI department in resolving coding questions or concerns. This can be demonstrated through active staff mentoring, promoting educational activities, participating in staff meetings, preparing and delivering group presentations, etc. Inpatient Coder 3?s may also support the department by participating in audit reviews, mentoring and training other coders and any other task that promotes the success of the department and fellow staff.
Qualifications:

EDUCATION


High school diploma and two (2) years of college or equivalent with additional training in medical terminology, anatomy and physiology required. Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) certification required at time of hire.


EXPERIENCE


Minimum five (5) years' experience Inpatient Medical Coding at a large academic medical center required.


LICENSURE


CCS certification required.


SPECIAL SKILLS


Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and disease process. Understanding of ICD-10. Good oral and written communication skills. Ability to exercise good judgment, independent logic, light typing, and excellent computer data entry skills. Computer system experience including familiarity with encoder systems.

Job Tags

Full time,

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