Job Summary
A staffing agency is seeking a Telecommute Inpatient Coder.
Must be able to:
- Perform necessary code assignment and sequencing in accordance with Official Coding Guidelines
- Abstraction of information for Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance payers
- Articulate and send appropriate query requests to physicians
Applicants must meet the following qualifications:
- RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CIC, or CCA with ability to acquire CCS Certification within 2 years of date of hire
- 3+ years experience in a Hospital or related healthcare field
- Previous experience at the advanced level with windows based software applications (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook), encoder software and e-mail applications