Remote Facility Coding Auditor

Summary

MedKoder is seeking a remote Facility Coding Auditor with at least 5 years of inpatient coding/auditing experience to review diagnoses and procedure codes for inpatient/outpatient cases using ICD-10 CM/PCS Classification. The ideal candidate should have AHIMA certified program credentials, including CCS, CPC or CCS-P.

Requirements

• Successful completion of at least one AHIMA certified program with the achievement of the correlating professional credential (RHIT, CCS, etc); active and in good standing, preferably a combination of two or more credentials
• A CCS, CPC or CCS-P certification is required for this position. The CCA is not accepted
• High School diploma required. Associate or Bachelor of Science degree preferred
• Greater than 5 years of inpatient (recent hands-on production) coding/auditing experience in an acute care hospital. Candidates with Trauma and Teaching Hospital experience highly preferred
• ICD-10 Proficiency Certification required
• Working knowledge of Excel and various other electronic formats

Responsibilities

• Accurately review diagnoses and procedure codes for all inpatient/outpatient cases ranging from moderate to high complexity using the current version of ICD-10 CM/PCS Classification for Hospitals
• Validate principal diagnosis, co-morbidities and complications, major co-morbidities and complications, secondary diagnoses, present on admission indicators, HAC (Hospital Acquired conditions), principal procedure codes and secondary procedure codes
• Selects the appropriate DRG and Discharge Disposition code

Preferred Qualifications

Easily catches on and works with ease and self-direction in the areas of typing, google suite, general computer savvy, and overall technological know-how

Benefits

• We pay up to 100% of your health, vision, and dental premiums for you!
• FREE Group Life Insurance Policy for full-time employees
• All positions are permanent – no contracts or sitting on a “coding bench”
• Internal Network of Medical Coding Industry Leaders
• President/CEO is a Certified Coder with 20+ years
• Fantastic time off package! Full-time employees accrue 12 vacation days and have 8 paid holidays per year without any long-term waiting periods
• Flexible work schedules, year-round!!
• Privately held, growing company with strong values and ethics
• Employees are provided professional development and education which includes 30 hours of CEU pay per year
• 401K and Profit Sharing
• STD, LTD, Life insurance, and FSA Program
• Employer Paid AAPC and AHIMA Corporate Memberships