Coder I PRN (Remote)
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Centralized Coder 1

Schedule: This is a PRN Schedule. PRN employees must work a minimum of 20hrs a month and provide their availability 1 month in advance. Weekends/holidays will occasionally be necessary due to month end procedures. Flexible shifts are available, in between the hours of 7am-7pm in your time zone.

Job Location Type: Remote

Your experience matters

At Lifepoint Health, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. As a member of the Health Support Center (HSC) team, you'll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing and providing care to our patients and community members to positively impact our mission of making communities healthier .

How you'll contribute

As Centralized Coder 1, you will be responsible for providing coding for multispecialty both office, hospital, and surgery.You will evaluate medical records and charge tickets to ensure completeness, accuracy, and compliance with the International Classification of Diseases Manual - Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM), and the American Medical Associations Current Procedural Terminology Manual (CPT). You will also provide technical guidance and training on medical coding to physicians and staff. Experience in Cardiology and Radiation Oncology preferred.

A Centralized Coder 1 who excels in this role:

• Evaluates medical record documentation and charge-ticket coding to optimize reimbursement by ensuring that diagnostic and procedural codes and other documentation accurately reflects and supports outpatient visits and to ensure that data complies with legal standards and regulatory guidelines.
• Review patient charts to determine documentation and billing accuracy and compliance.
• Analyze medical records in order to code and abstract medical information to be submitted.
• Manage high quality, timely coding, and interpret medical information such as diseases or symptoms and diagnostic descriptions and procedures to accurately assign and sequence the correct ICD-10-CM and CPT codes.
• Reviews state and federal Medicare reimbursement claims for completeness and accuracy before submission to minimize claim denial.
• Provides technical guidance to physicians and other staff in identifying and resolving issues or errors such as incomplete or missing records and documentation, ambiguous or nonspecific documentation, and/or codes that do not conform to approved coding principles/guidelines.
• Reads bulletins, newsletters, and periodicals to stay abreast of issues, trends, and changes in laws and regulations governing medical record coding and documentation.
• Educates and advises staff on proper code selection, documentation, procedures, and requirements.
• Keep up to date with all of the global days and coding rules.
• Achieve and maintain a 95% accuracy in professional coding while maintaining a high level of productivity.
• Assist with operational reporting of coding problems/trends to physicians using charts, graphs, and coding guidelines.
• Maintains a working knowledge of coding systems, relevant issues, laws and regulations through internet research, governmental websites, periodicals.
• Understand and follow Standards of Ethical Coding, internal policies relating to ethical conduct and confidentiality.

What we're looking for

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent required.Bachelor's Degree preferred or equivalent experience
• Experience: 3-5 years medical coding experience
• Certifications: Coding Certification through AHIMA or AAPC. The following certifications preferred (or eligibility therefor): CPC, CEMC, CPMA, CRC, CPB, Specialty certification, CCS-P, RHIT

Hourly range: $24 - $25per hour

EEOC Statement

Lifepoint Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Lifepoint Health is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.

You must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.