Certified Medical Coder at Odyssey Information Services Texas

Certified Medical Coder job at Odyssey Information Services. Texas.

100% remote - candidates located in the following states are unfortunately NOT eligible: Ohio, Wyoming, Washington, North Dakota, California, New York

• Review/interpret physician documentation to assign appropriate diagnosis and procedure codes.

• Reviews patient charges to determine necessary coding to complete the account.

• Identifies principle and secondary diagnoses as well as procedure codes from the EMR.

• Utilizes the encoder or coding books to generate ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, and CPT codes for diagnosis and procedures.

• Sequences diagnosis and procedures to generate appropriate billing.

• Provides ICD-10 and CPT, for physician research projects, and for quality reporting purposes.

• Assigns ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS

• Completes abstracts for records as appropriate.

• Assists in correction of problem accounts.

• Reviews charts for completeness.

• Participates in education and maintains certification.

• Maintains concurrent coding for inpatient records.

Requirements :

Required CCS – Certified Coding Specialist or CIPC – Certified Inpatient Coder, or RHIA – Registered Health Information Administrator, Required 4 years coding experience with preferred experience using an encoder and experience using an electronic medical record.

Education:

Required- H.S. Diploma or equivalent

Required- CCA - Certified Coding Associate American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) Or

CCS - Cert-Cert Coding Specialist American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Or

CCS-P - Cert-CCS-P Physician Based American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Or

CIPC - Certified Inpatient Coder American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) Or

COC - Certified Outpatient Coder American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) Or

CPC - Cert-Cert Professional Coder American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) Or

CRC - Cert Risk Adjustment Coder American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) Or

RHIA - Cert-Reg Health Inform. Admins American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Or

RHIT - Cert-Reg Health Inform. TECH American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)

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