Job Description

Coding Quality Review Educator

This is a 26 weeks contract assignment.

Shift/Schedule: Remote, M-F

Job Summary:

Performs internal quality assessment reviews on Facility coders to ensure compliance with national coding guidelines and the Facility coding policies for complete, accurate and consistent coding which result in appropriate reimbursement and data integrity. Helps to coordinate and direct the day-to-day coding educational activities. Facilitates and provides coding educational classes/presentations to staff, as required/when needed. Communicates outcomes to the coding team to improve the accuracy, integrity and quality of patient data, to ensure minimal variation in coding practices and to improve the quality of physician documentation within the body of the medical record to support code assignments. Responsibilities also include assisting Coding Leadership in root cause analysis of coding quality issues, performing account reviews, and preparing training documents to assist with coding quality action plans. Essential Responsibilities: Responsibilities listed in this section are core to the position. Inability to perform these responsibilities with or without an accommodation may result in disqualification from the position.

Qualifications:

• Education: High School graduate or GED equivalent required, undergraduate (associates or bachelors) degree in HIM/HIT preferred.
• Proven work experience in areas of coding education strongly preferred.
• RHIA, RHIT, CCS, or CPC required.
• Minimum of 3 years coding auditing/monitoring experience strongly preferred.

Job Tags

Contract work, Work experience placement, Shift work,

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