Provider Practice Coding Consultant at CIOX Health in Alpharetta, Georgia

Job Description:

Provider Practice Coding Consultant

Job Locations

US-Remote

Requisition ID

2020-15476

# of Openings

2

Category (Portal Searching)

HIM / Coding

Overview

Provider Practice Coding Consultant provides consulting and education needs related to coding quality, compliance assessments, external payer reviews, and coding education. Offers meaningful information to meet customer expectations including identifying and proposing solutions for customer issues, develops and maintains account relationships through responsiveness and calm, reflective work practices and works cooperatively with HIM Division leadership and scheduling for optimal services outcome in hospitals and alternative care settings.

Schedule: Full-Time
- Full Benefits: 401k Savings Plan & 20-24 Free CEUs per year, Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurane, and tuition reimbursement.
- Location: This role will be performed at one location (Remote/WFH)
- Additional Details: Strong Anethesia, Pathology, and Lab Pro Fee Coding background preferred.

Responsibilities

- Reviews medical records and assigns appropriate CPT, ICD-10-CM, ICD-10 procedures, ICD-10-CM and ICD-10 PCS, HCPCS, DSMV codes as appropriate and required by client workflow.
- Conducts data quality reviews of records to assess compliance with official coding and documentation guidelines.
- Communicates professionally with co-workers, management, and hospital staff regarding clinical and reimbursement issues.
- Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communications skills.
- Communicates documentation improvement opportunities and coding issues to appropriate personnel for follow up and resolution.
- Typically works remotely, accessing work related tasks via VPN access.
- Reports to work as scheduled.
- Willing and able to travel when necessary, if applicable.
- Complies with all CIOX Health and HIM Division policies and procedures.
- Responsible for tracking continuing education credits to maintain professional credentials.
- Attends CIOX Health mandatory sponsored in-service and/or education meetings as required.
- Adheres to the American Health Information Management Association's code of ethics.
- Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

- Associate or Bachelor' degree from AHIMA certified HIM Program or Nursing Program or completion of certificate program with CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-H, CIC or COC preferred.
- Ability to communicate effectively in the English language.
- A minimum of 1-5 years of coding experience in a hospital and/or coding consulting role.
- Experience in computerized encoding and abstracting software.
- Required to take and pass annual Introductory HIPAA examination and other assigned testing to be given annually

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Ciox provides equal employment opportunities to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to as race, color, national origin, genetic information, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, citizenship status, ancestry, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic as protected by state or federal law. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, leaves of absence, and training.