Description
Job Responsibilities:

+ Reviews medical record documentation and accurately assigns appropriate ICD-10 diagnoses and procedure codes leading to the assignment of the correct Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Related Group MS-DRG or All Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Group APR-DRG. The Inpatient Coding Specialist I is responsible for verification of the patient’s discharge disposition assigning the correct sources of admission for state regulation reporting purposes and ensuring the appropriate present on admission POA indicators are assigned to each code. The assigned codes must support the reason for the visit that is documented by the provider in order to support the care provided.

+ Correctly abstracts required data per facility specifications.

+ Responsible for monitoring Discharged Not Billed accounts and as a team ensures timely compliant processing of inpatient accounts through the revenue cycle.

+ Collaborates with Clinical Docum...