• Coding & Documentation Coordinator

    Emory Healthcare/Emory University (Atlanta, GA)


    Overview

     

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    Description

    JOB DESCRIPTION:

    + By facility and/or patient type, a Coding and Documentation Coordinator within the Health Information Management Department will perform tasks and activities under the direction of the facility Coding Manager.

    + Those tasks and activities include but are not limited to the following: distribution of uncoded patient encounters to employed and contract coding resources for final coding; ongoing training of coders and vendor support staff on the accurate coding of patient encounters according to patient type and/or facility specific coding guidelines.

    + Trains coders and vendor support staff on use of the Emory electronic health record (EeMR)

    + Monitors work distributed to coders and contract vendors for compliance with Emory turn-around time (TAT) standards;

    + Monitors flagged records (reviewed but not coded) for readiness to code and returns records to coders as appropriate

    + Maintains ongoing communications via email and telephone calls with Coding Contract Account Managers re coding quality, productivity and , TAT

    + Works with physicians, mid-level staff and clinical departments re: complete patient documentation for coding of patient encounters; performs intermittent quality reviews for coding accuracy and reports findings to appropriate internal and vendor resources

    + Makes patient type changes and admit or discharge date revisions in the coding/abstracting system

    + Hndles registration issues including requests to Making Data Healthy

    + Handles requests for coding and/or billing edit review from coders working billing edits or Patient Financial Services

    + Performs follow up on issues re aging uncoded patient encounters

    + Provides coverage for coworkers as needed; codes patient encounters as needed.

    MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

    + Post high-school education necessary to complete programs in health record technology or health record administration and must have one of the following credentials: RHIA, RHIA, CCS or CPC (outpatient position only); a combination of education and experience may be considered for highly qualified candidates.

    + 5 years of production coding the applicable patient type/types; knowledge of charge master processes preferred; experience with the 3M HDM coding/abstracting system, HealthQuest registration/billing system, and Cerner Millennium EHR preferred.

     

    Additional Details

     

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    **Division** _Emory Healthcare Inc._

    **Campus Location** _Atlanta, GA, 30345_

    **Campus Location** _US-GA-Atlanta_

    **Department** _EHI Health Records Integrity_

    **Job Type** _Regular Full-Time_

    **Job Number** _158055_

    **Job Category** _Revenue Cycle & Managed Care_

    **Schedule** _8a-4:30p_

    **Standard Hours** _40 Hours_

    **Hourly Minimum** _USD $36.51/Hr._

    **Hourly Midpoint** _USD $44.48/Hr._

     

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