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Kaiser Permanente · 4 months ago

Supervisor HIM Coding - Maui Health System

Wailuku, HI

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

3+ years exp

Kaiser Permanente is a health care organization seeking a Supervisor HIM Coding to provide coding expertise and support to the coding staff and clinical documentation specialists. The role involves ensuring accurate diagnosis and procedural coding, conducting quality reviews, and providing educational programs to maintain coding accuracy and compliance with guidelines.

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Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Provides coding expertise to department management, coding staff, and clinical documentation specialists

Serves as a resource for department management, coding staff, and clinical documentation specialists to obtain information or clarification on accurate and ethical coding and documentation standards, guidelines, and regulatory requirements

Reviews records to ensure the accurate selection of the principal/primary diagnosis and procedures and any complications or preexisting conditions in accordance with official coding guidelines. Accuracy and quality are maintained for activities

Coding guidelines and regulatory changes are routinely monitored, and coders are assisted in understanding and implementing these changes

Conducts quality reviews of coding data and conducts regular audits and coordinates ongoing monitoring of coding accuracy and documentation adequacy

Provides feedback and focused educational programs on the results of auditing and monitoring activities to affected staff and presents case examples at staff meetings

Initiates corrective action to ensure resolution of problem areas identified during auditing/monitoring activity

Results of quality reviews are communicated to staff and practices implemented that reduce errors in the coding and abstracting process

Provides coding expertise to outside departments to assist in proper billing and outcome measurements

Reports noncompliance issues detected through auditing and monitoring to Compliance Department and the HIM Director

Qualification

Coding expertiseQuality auditingHealth Information ManagementCertified Coding SpecialistProject managementWord processingSpreadsheet applicationsDatabase applicationsSupervisory experienceOral communicationWritten communicationProblem solving