Hospital Inpatient Coding Specialist

Who are we? Parallon is an industry leader in revenue cycle services. We partner with over 650 hospitals and 2,400 physician practices nation-wide. Our parent company, HCA Healthcare, has been consistently named a Worlds Most Ethical Company by Ethisphere and is ranked in the Fortune 100. We are dedicated to ensuring our patients have the best experience even after they leave our facilities.

What's in it for you?

• $24.61 - $34.46 an hour ($51,188.80 to $71,676.80 annually)
• fully remote - work from home - Candidates residing in CA and Colorado, NYC and Hawaii will not be considered due to the WFH and vaccine mandate
• medical, dental, vision, life benefits
• 401k with company matching

No medical centers, LTAC, insurance, physician billing coders will be considered

What will you do? As a Coding Integrity Specialist III WORK FROM HOME, you will review and evaluate hospital inpatient medical record documentation to assign, sequence, edit and/or validate the appropriate ICD-10-CM and ICD-10- PCS codes. A CIS III performs coding and/or code/DRG validation across multiple entities by applying all appropriate coding guidelines and criteria for code selections.

• Assign, sequence, validate, and/or edit codes/DRGs and abstracted data (e.g., physician, discharge disposition, query tracking) for inpatient records for multiple facilities using ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS
• Maintain or exceed established accuracy standards
• Maintain or exceed established productivity standards
• Utilize the complete patient medical record documentation in code/DRG assignment, validation, and/or editing of codes/DRGs
• Will be require to audit as well

What will you need?

• Undergraduate (Associate's or Bachelor's) degree in HIM/HIT preferred
• Coding quality edits and customer complaints related to potential coding errors
• 3 years IP (hospital) DRG coding for acute care. All account types including burns and cardiac cath.
• Minimum 1 year of acute care hospital inpatient coding required with 3 years preferred - acute care experience coding SDC, OBS, ED, and OP with experience coding Cardiology, Interventional Radiology, and Wound Care
• Coding Technical Skills - ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, MS-DRGs, APR DRGs, and POA Assignment.
• RHIT, RHIA or CCS required

*No medical centers, LTAC, insurance, physician billing coders will be considered

*Candidates will be expected to complete a coding test (20 Multiple Choice/True/False 5-7 Open ended Behavioral questions- 90 minutes long)

*Candidates residing in CA and Colorado, NYC and Hawaii will not be considered due to the WFH and vaccine mandate