Medical Coder

Description

What You'll Do

• Extract diagnosis codes (specifically HCC codes) and CPT codes from hospital records.
• Reviews medical records to determine if specific disease conditions were correctly reported based on documentation. 
• Follow the coding guidelines 
• Ensures project activities are in compliance with applicable coding guidelines, government and federal regulations. 
• Regularly and consistently meet quality and productivity standards established by management 
• Maintain ongoing communication with management regarding coding workload, turnaround time expectations and deliverables. • Additional duties as necessary to meet the obligations to our providers 
• Maintains at least 95% accuracy in all coding projects by researching literature and attending professional seminars, workshops and conference as required by AAPC and/or AHIMA to maintain professional certification(s).

Qualifications

• Have a current coding certification (CPC, CRC, CCS) through AAPC and/or AHIMA
• At least 2 years of medical coding experience
• Experience coding cardiovascular/cardiothoracic surgical services (cardiac surgery, CVOR, inpatient surgical cases) strongly preferred
• Risk adjustment experience preferred 
• Additional experience with HCC coding preferred

Environmental Job Requirements and Working Conditions

• Our organization follows a hybrid work structure where the expectation is to work both in office and at home on a weekly basis. The office is located at 1680 S Garfield Avenue, Alhambra, CA 91801
• The total compensation target pay rate for this role is: $22.00 - $26.00/hr. The pay range represents our national target range for this role.