Coder 5

Company: Baptist Memorial Health
Location: Jonesboro
Posted on: August 6, 2022

Job Description:

SummaryCodes diagnoses and procedures of patient records and abstracting information for reimbursement, research, and to generate statistical data. Perform daily feedback and education to providers, staff and patients of BMG. Assist with education of current coding staff. Performs other duties as assigned.ResponsibilitiesCodes diagnoses and procedures of records.Completes assigned goals.Serves as a resource to physican office staff, clinical documentation specialist, case managers, etc.Completes assigned goals.Requirements, Preferences and ExperienceEducationPreferred: Associates degreeMinimum: Skill and proficiency in coding physician/professional and outpatient (ancillary, emergency department, oupatient surgery, etc. ) records utilizing ICD-9-CM and CPT -4 through 5 years experience in an acute care facility, professional office or intergrated health system. Skill in communicating clearly and effectively using standard English in written, oral and verbal format to achieve high productivity and efficiency. Skill to write legibly and record information accurately as necessary to perform job duties. CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CCS, CCS-P, RHIT, RHIAExperienceMinimum: Three years prior experience in physician /professional, outpatient surgery, and/or emergency department coding. Skill and proficiency in coding physician/professional outpatient (ancillary, emergency department, or outpatient surgery, etc) records utilizing ICD-9-CM and CPT-4 . Five years experience in an acute care facility, professional office or integrated health system. Two years of documented successful physician education.Licensure, Registration, CertificationMinimum: CCS;CPC;RHIA;RHIT;CCS-P;CPC-P ;COC/CPCHTrainingMinimum: CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CCS, CCS-P, RHIT, RHIA, HCPCS, ICD-10, ICD-9, CPT-4About Baptist Memorial Health CareAt Baptist, we owe our success to our colleagues, who have both technical expertise and a compassionate attitude. Every day they carry out Christ's three-fold ministry-healing, preaching and teaching. And, we reward their efforts with compensation and benefits packages that are highly competitive in the Mid-South health care community. For two consecutive years, Baptist has won a Best in Benefits award for offering the best benefit plans compared with their peer groups. Winners are chosen based on plan designs, premiums and the results of a Benefits Benchmarking Survey.At Baptist, We Offer:Competitive salariesPaid vacation/time offContinuing education opportunitiesGenerous retirement planHealth insurance, including dental and visionSick leaveService awardsFree parkingShort-term disabilityLife insuranceHealth care and dependent care spending accountsEducation assistance/continuing educationEmployee referral programJob Summary:Position: 17223 - Coder 5Facility: NEA-Baptist ClinicDepartment: MG CBO CodingCategory: Administrative Non Clinical SupportType: Non ClinicalWork Type: Full TimeWork Schedule: DaysLocation: US:AR:JonesboroLocated in the Jonesboro and Northeast Arkansas metro areaIND123

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