HealthRecon Connect provides technology-enabled Revenue Cycle Management solutions to US healthcare providers. The company leverages over 30 years of deep domain expertise, machine learning, AI, cutting-edge analytics, and automated workflows that help improve cash flow, patient outcomes and enable peace of mind for their clients. At HealthRecon Connect, day after day, we not only hold ourselves accountable for setting and maintaining high standards, but we also passionately strive for the highest achievement, customer delight and thrive on the challenge of high expectations and commitment to excel.
HealthRecon was certified a Great Workplace by Great Place to Work® Sri Lanka for five consecutive years and was adjudged one of the 40 Best Workplaces in Sri Lanka in 2021. HealthRecon is also a Signatory Participant of the United Nations Global Compact.
We are looking for an Medical Coder – Inpatient to join our team. Please review the criteria and other information listed below thoroughly prior to applying. Please pay specific attention to the work week, shift details and other features of the job. Due to the large volume of applications we receive, all applications will be reviewed in the order in which they were received and only the candidates short-listed for the first round of interviews will be contacted. Thank you for your understanding.
Job Vacancy:
Medical Coder – Inpatient
Work Week:
Monday to Friday
Shift:
7.30pm to 4.00am IST (Night Shift)
Other Features:
US calendar applicable
Responsibilities:
- Abstracting from typed and/or handwritten medical records.
- Selecting diagnostic and procedure codes to highest level of specificity.
- Assign the correct principal diagnosis, major comorbidities, and complications, POA indicators, HAC, principal procedure codes, secondary procedure codes and discharge disposition.
- Assign the correct MS-DRG or APR-DRG.
- Send compliant queries to physicians for clarification of information in the medical record.
Qualifications/Criteria:
- Current CIC from AAPC, or CCS from AHIMA.
- Must maintain certification via CEU requirements from AAPC or AHIMA.
- Must maintain membership of your accrediting body to maintain your certification.
- Must have at least 2-3 years recent experience coding hospital/facility inpatient.
- Must have a strong understanding and proficiency of DRG coding.
- High School diploma or equivalent.
- Must be able to read, write, and speak English.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to operate computers and general office equipment.
- Education in medical terminology and anatomy/physiology.
- Strong self-motivational skills.
- Detail oriented (attentive to detail).
- Team goal oriented/driven personality.
- Strives to attain increase coding specialty knowledge.
- Good computer software skills.
- Practice Management software and EMR software.
- Fluency in Microsoft Excel, Word, SharePoint, and Outlook.
- Utilization of Codify, 3M, and Optum 360 Coding programs.
- Must be able to code without electronic programs i.e., Coding Books.
