Website TEKsystems
Qualifications
- CCS required for inpatient coders
- AHIMA standard for productivity measure/chars coded per hour
Responsibilities
- Abstracts pertinent information from patient records
- Queries physicians (client) when code assignments are not straightforward or documentation in the record is inadequate, ambiguous, or unclear for coding purposes
- Apply appropriate coding classification standards and guidelines to medical record documentation for accurate coding
- Abides by Standards of Ethical coding as set forth by the American Health Information Management Association and adheres to official coding guidelines
- Resolve medical record documentation deficiencies though healthcare provider query and provide routine feedback to healthcare providers to correct deficiencies
- Perform quality assessment of records, including verification of medical record documentation (both electronic and handwritten)
- Responsible for researching errors or missing documentation from medical records, to provide accurate coding processing
To apply for this job please visit careers.teksystems.com.