certified coder (PSYCHIATRIC)

Location: Cincinnati, OH

Would you like the opportunity to work with one of the top regional healthcare systems here in Cincinnati area? Don't wait and apply today! 

What you will do as the Certified Coder:

• Translate narrative descriptions of diseases, injuries, and medical procedures into numeric or alphanumeric codes needed for billing.

• Code all types of inpatient, observation and outpatient cases (to include clinics, ancillary services, and ambulatory surgery, series, and emergency room cases).

• Code highly complex inpatient records (to include trauma, burns, open heart and transplant cases) based on experience and skill set.

What you will need as the Certified Coder:

• High School Diploma or GED. minimum required.

• Formal education in basic ICD-9CM/CPT coding, Medical Terminology, Anatomy/, pathophysiology and disease processes - minimum required.

• Associate or Bachelor degree in healthcare related field, preferred.

• 1-2 years equivalent experience.

• Excellent keyboarding skills required to enter medical codes.

• Trained and competent in ICD-9 CM/CPT and ICD-10 CM/CPT Coding.

• Technically competent to code complex outpatient, endoscopies, cardiac catherizations.

• Technically competent to code all inpatient cases including the most complex—open hearts, burns, transplants, major trauma.

• Technically competent to code outpatient cases with simple diagnoses or procedures (sutures, foley catheters, clinic procedures, transfusions, etc.).

• Certified Coders are required to be certified in one of the following: Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), or Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) or Certified Professional Coder (CPC).

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