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Emory Healthcare · 4 days ago

Coding & Documentation Coordinator

Atlanta, GA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Emory Healthcare is a leading healthcare provider committed to professional development and support for its employees. They are seeking a Coding and Documentation Coordinator to oversee coding activities, train staff, and ensure compliance with coding standards and quality reviews.

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Responsibilities

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

Handles 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

Qualification

RHIACCSCPC3M HDM codingCerner Millennium EHRHealthQuest registrationTraining skillsCommunication skills

Required

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

Preferred

knowledge of charge master processes

experience with the 3M HDM coding/abstracting system

experience with HealthQuest registration/billing system

experience with Cerner Millennium EHR

Benefits

Comprehensive health benefits that start day 1

Student Loan Repayment Assistance & Reimbursement Programs

Family-focused benefits

Wellness incentives

Ongoing mentorship, development, leadership programs

And more

Company

Emory Healthcare

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Emory Healthcare is the largest healthcare system in the state of Georgia., United States.

Founded in 1953

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.emoryhealthcare.org/

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