Senior Inpatient Coder

Summary

Join the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) as an Inpatient Coder, where you will play a crucial role in ensuring accurate reimbursement, research, and statistics for the hospital. This position requires a strong understanding of ICD-10-CM/PCS coding systems and the ability to analyze complex inpatient cases. You will collaborate with medical and clinical staff to ensure accurate coding and abstracting, and contribute to the smooth operation of the hospital's billing and data management processes.

Requirements

• High School graduate or equivalent
• Minimum of three years ICD-10-CM/ICD-10-PCS coding and abstracting experience with at a Level 1 Trauma and Rehab hospital or 4 years of experience with coding inpatient hospital medical records required
• One of the following required: Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Certified Inpatient Coder (CIC)
• Strong analytical and organizational skills; filing systems; ability to prioritize workloads; meet deadlines and work effectively under pressure; excellent customer service skills; general office procedures; ability to problem solve and work with minimal supervision; familiar with basic medical terminology; computer experience; typing ability

Responsibilities

• Serves as a clinical coding subject matter expert, and utilizes critical thinking to analyze and evaluate documentation issues with consultation from the medical and clinical staff, and clinical documentation specialists as needed
• Analyzes, codes and abstracts complex inpatient cases such as trauma, rehab, neurology, critical care, etc. utilizing the ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS nomenclature to ensure accurate APR-DRG/SOI/ROM and POA assignment
• Utilizes critical thinking to analyze and evaluate documentation issues with consultation from the medical and clinical staff, and clinical documentation specialists as needed
• Collaborates with other senior coders (and the other coding staff) with sharing coding information and providing coding advice to colleagues regarding complex cases to be coded

Preferred Qualifications

Formal ICD-10-CM and CPT training Associates or Bachelor’s degree preferred

Benefits

• Pay Range: $31.4-$42.57
• Review the 2024-2025 UMMS Benefits Guide