"Alerted.org

Community Health Systems is one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers. Developing and operating healthcare delivery systems in 40 distinct markets across 15 states, CHS is committed to helping people get well and live healthier. CHS operates 71 acute-care hospitals and more than 1,000 other sites of care, including physician practices, urgent care centers, freestanding emergency departments, occupational medicine clinics, imaging centers, cancer centers and ambulatory surgery centers.

Summary:

As a member of the HIM Central Services coding team, provides Inpatient coding assistance for a set of HIM Central Services supported CHS hospitals. Reviews patient records and assigns accurate codes for each diagnosis and procedure. Applied knowledge of medical terminology, disease processes, and pharmacology. Demonstrates data quality and integrity skills.

This individual will be required to make independent decisions regarding accurate ICD-10-CM & PCS

code assignments which will play a key role in determining the reimbursement potential of CHS with

adherence to compliant coding standards and corporate policies developed to ensure accurate billing.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Performs remote coding for CHS hospitals via scanned medical records and abstracts via access tohospital abstracting system as part of a corporate coding organization.

2. Primarily codes inpatient records and may have experience in outpatient coding

3. Submit queries to providers for documentation clarification to include diagnosis clarification basedon clinical indicators and coding specificity requirements

4. Consults the Manager, Corporate Coding or other available resources and works out difficult codesand/or coding problems.

5. Attends coding education as scheduled.

6. Other duties may be assigned

7. Maintains productivity levels set forth by Community Health Systems while maintaining a 95%coding accuracy rate.

Qualifications:

Required Education:

+ High School Education or GED

+ ICD-10-CM & PCS

Preferred Education:

+ Associate or Bachelor’s degree in HealthInformation Management or related field

+ Knowledge of related prospective paymentsystems, anatomy, physiology, and medicalterminology

+ Broad knowledge of pharmacology indications fordrug usage and related adverse reactions

Preferred Experience:

+ 2 years’ acute care hospital inpatient coding experience

+ Coding complex cardiac and neuroscience procedures

Required License/Registration/Certification:

CIC, CCS, RHIA, or RHIT

**Computer Skills Required** : Experience with virtual desktop image, electronic medical record systems, encoding systems as well

as word processing and spreadsheet software

Physical Demands:

In order to successfully perform this job, with or without a reasonable accommodation, the

following are outlined below:

1. The Employee is required to read, review, prepare and analyze written data and figures,using a PC or similar, and should possess visual acuity.

2. The Employee may be required to occasionally climb, push, stand, walk, reach, grasp,kneel, stoop, and/or perform repetitive motions.

3. The Employee is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions and;therefore, job functions are typically performed under conditions such as those found withingeneral office, home-based office or administrative work.

Equal Employment Opportunity

This organization does not discriminate in any way to deprive any person of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect the status of any employee because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, citizenship, veteran status, or military or uniformed services, in accordance with all applicable governmental laws and regulations. In addition, the facility complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to: hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. If you are an applicant with a mental or physical disability who needs a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, contact the director of Human Resources at the facility to which you are seeking employment; Simply go to http://www.chs.net/serving-communities/locations/ to obtain the main telephone number of the facility and ask for Human Resources.