• Job Description

  Req#: 43812
  Employer Industry: Healthcare Services
  
  Why consider this job opportunity:
  - Opportunity for career advancement and growth within the organization
  - Work remotely from various states, offering flexibility
  - Maintain coding certification and knowledge with support for continuing education
  - Take part in performance improvement initiatives to enhance coding quality
  - Contribute to optimal reimbursement strategies for various payer types
  
  What to Expect (Job Responsibilities):
  - Assign and sequence diagnosis and procedure codes for inpatient and outpatient encounters based on medical record documentation
  - Review and validate accuracy of Admission-Discharge-Transfer (ADT) data fields and coding work queues
  - Collaborate with leadership to obtain physician clarification for ambiguous documentation
  - Follow charge verification processes and address coding edits and corrections
  - Participate in performance improvement initiatives as assigned
  
  What is Required (Qualifications):
  - Must have 4 years of coding experience in an acute care hospital
  - Valid coding certification (e.g., RHIT, RHIA, CCS, CPC, or CPC-H)
  - Knowledge of coding conventions consistent with CMS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting
  - Computer literate in a Windows environment with basic word processing skills
  - Excellent written and oral communication skills
  
  How to Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications):
  - BS or AS degree in Health Information Management Administration or Health Information Technician from an accredited program
  - Experience in a Level 1 Academic medical center
  - Knowledge of clinical content standards
  - Additional certification in specialty focus areas such as ICD-10-CM and CPT coding
  
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• About the company

  Erlanger, named among "America's Best Hospitals"​ by U.S. News & World Report, is a non-profit, academic teaching center affiliated with the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. Erlanger is also a Level-One Trauma Center for adults and the only provider of tertiary care services for the citizens of an entire four-state region, encompassing southeast Tennessee, north Georgia, north Alabama and western North Carolina. With a history that dates back more than a century, Erlanger is recognized as one of the nation's finest public hospitals and a leader in healthcare. The Erlanger Health System includes Children's Hospital at Erlanger (CHE), the only academic medical center in the tri-state region devoted solely to children and is a Comprehensive Regional Pediatric Center (CRPC)— the highest designation in the state for pediatrics. CHE has a full range of pediatric subspecialists, as well as a pediatrics ER, ICU, and Level III neonatal intensive care unit, providing the highest level of care in the region for premature and sick infants. Each year, more than a quarter of a million people are treated by the team of healthcare professionals who are part of Erlanger.

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