Job Description
Description
Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.
Summary:
- Assures data quality by coding and sequencing diagnoses, treatments and procedures for optimal reimbursement and validating key data elements for accurate statistics.
- EDUCATION
- A two year degree in Health Information Technology or four year degree in Health Information Management required.
- EXPERIENCE
- Previous experience in ICD-10-CM/PCS and CPT coding in an acute care setting is preferred
- Previous EPIC, Optum, & SMART software experience preferred.
- LICENSURE/REGISTRATION/CERTIFICATION
- One AHIMA recognized credential, RHIT, RHIA, or CCS (eligible) required
- Successful completion of certification exam within 18 months of hire date required.
- OTHER SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
- Can proficiently code charts from primarily one setting (inpatient or outpatient)
- Developed knowledge of anatomy, physiology and medical terminology
- UHDDS coding and reporting guidelines and ability to apply
- Basic computer literacy and familiarity with the keyboard.
Job Details
Legal Employer: Lenoir Health
Entity: UNC Lenoir Health Care
Organization Unit: Coding Services
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: LENOIR MEM
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.
Description
Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.
Summary:
- Assures data quality by coding and sequencing diagnoses, treatments and procedures for optimal reimbursement and validating key data elements for accurate statistics.
- EDUCATION
- A two year degree in Health Information Technology or four year degree in Health Information Management required.
- EXPERIENCE
- Previous experience in ICD-10-CM/PCS and CPT coding in an acute care setting is preferred
- Previous EPIC, Optum, & SMART software experience preferred.
- LICENSURE/REGISTRATION/CERTIFICATION
- One AHIMA recognized credential, RHIT, RHIA, or CCS (eligible) required
- Successful completion of certification exam within 18 months of hire date required.
- OTHER SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
- Can proficiently code charts from primarily one setting (inpatient or outpatient)
- Developed knowledge of anatomy, physiology and medical terminology
- UHDDS coding and reporting guidelines and ability to apply
- Basic computer literacy and familiarity with the keyboard.
Job Details
Legal Employer: Lenoir Health
Entity: UNC Lenoir Health Care
Organization Unit: Coding Services
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: LENOIR MEM
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.
About UNC Health
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.
UNC Health and its 33,000 employees, continue to serve as North Carolina’s Health Care System, caring for patients from all 100 counties and beyond our borders. We continue to leverage the world class research conducted in the UNC School of Medicine, translating that innovation to life-saving and life-changing therapies, procedures, and techniques for the patients who rely on us.
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