Medical Coder & Chart Analyst

Join the Woodlawn Team as a certified Medical Coder & Chart Analysts in a hybrid position. Credentials must be currently held for this Medical Coder & Chart Analyst – Hybrid position. It is required, that the first 90 days be onsite in Rochester, Indiana. Furthermore, additional onsite required meetings & uptraining! Our Mission is to provide excellent healthcare services by highly skilled staff in a compassionate and caring manner. We know that our employees are essential to the care we provide! Our core values are as follows: Courtesy, Respect, Caring, Professionalism, Confidentiality, Integrity, and Accountability. EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS: • Must have one or more of the following credentials: RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CCA, CPC, COC. • We prefer candidate with prior experience in a healthcare environment. • Required: High School diploma/GED or relevant experience. • Required: Formal education in anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, disease processes, content of a medical record, coding of diagnoses using ICD-10-CM and procedures using ICD-10PCS and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT). • Demonstrate ability to communicate and work in a professional manner with members of the medical staff, government agencies, and third party payers. • Demonstrate good communication skills and excellent customer service skills. • Knowledge and ability to read, interpret and follow hospital and government rules and regulations relating to but not limited to safety, privacy, security, procedural manuals and official coding guidelines. • Demonstrate knowledge and skill in computerized data entry and retrieval systems. • Willingness to continue education on coding, guidelines and CMS, WPS, and HFAP guidelines and/or standards. These requirements are non-negotiable and applicants without the education and credentials cannot be considered. PRIMARY DUTIES: • This position will be required to work onsite during the 90-day probationary period for training. Remote work will be offered after a successful probationary period. Coders will be required to work on-site periodically for additional training. After that, remote work will be monitored and specific measures must be met to continue remote work. • Contact appropriate medical staff members and make queries to rectify inconsistencies, deficiencies, and discrepancies in medical record documentation. • Then, educate staff/physicians on inadequate or missing documentation according to HFAP standards. • Reviewing the medical record for continuing quality improvement activities, performs quality improvement activities in support of hospital-wide medical documentation concerns. Performs clinical pertinence review on randomly selected medical records against specified criteria, as requested • Additionally, reviews and analyzes, abstracts, and codes outpatient and/or inpatient medical records, assigns diagnoses and procedure codes, and provides assistance to the professional staff. Furthermore, demonstrates knowledge of outpatient and inpatient coding guidelines, including E & M level coding, accreditation references and medical terminology, anatomy and physiology. • Codes disease and injury diagnoses, acuity of care, and procedures in a wide range of outpatient and inpatient settings and specialties using the current International Classification of Diseases, Version 10- Clinical Modification ICD-10-CM/ICD-10-PCS; American Medical Association Current Procedural Terminology (CPT); Health Care Financing Administration Common Procedure (HCPCS) Coding System. • Responsible for selecting the appropriate code(s) and/or modifier(s) that most accurately describe the correct principal and secondary diagnoses as well as principal and secondary procedures, based on physician clinical documentation. • Bases all coding on what the physician documents in the medical record including outpatient physician orders for outpatient services such as radiologist and pathologist reports. • Inputs the codes and other discharge data and verifies the accuracy of data entered. In addition to including charges on outpatient accounts. SHIFT: Monday-Friday, Full-time, Days: 8:00am-4:30pm. BENEFITS: • SIGN ON BONUS / Signing Bonus • Medical Insurance • Dental Insurance • Vision Insurance • Life Insurance & Disability • 403(b) with match • Paid Vacation Time • Paid Sick Time • Paid Personal Time • FSA Apply tot his job