Job Categories : Inpatient Coder
Job Types : Full Time
Job Locations:Chennai, India
Minimum experience: 2-5 years
Requirements : 1
JOB DESCRIPTION
- Identifies and codes Inpatient records for the purpose of reimbursement, research, and compliance with federal regulations according to diagnosis and procedure using ICD-10-CM and CPT guidelines.
- Assigns the correct principal diagnosis, comorbidities and complications (CCs), secondary diagnoses, POA (Present on Admission) indicators, HAC (Hospital-Acquired Conditions), principal procedure codes, and secondary procedure codes according to official coding guidelines
- Perform coding (applying the correct ICD-10-CM and CPT codes) of patient accounts
- Collect and abstract all clinical and statistical information as required
- Reviewing all patient files for accuracy.
- Codes and abstracts all necessary information, describes each documented diagnoses and procedures according to established HIM guidelines and AHIMA code of Ethics
- Assists in implementing solutions to reduce back-end billing errors.
SKILLS REQUIRED (If any)
Certification
Medical coding certification is mandatory, preferably CIC, CCS or CPC
Specialty Preference
Experience in inpatient care with ICD-10 CM & IP-DRG coding.
