Coder/Analyst - Health Information Management at Parkside, Inc. in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Job Description:

Hospital

• Education preferred: Commensurate education with achieving qualifications to sit for Certification Exam(s) as related to ICD-9 and ICD-10, CPT and other related specialty certifications.


• Licensure preferred - Registration and/or Certification: Certified Coder through AAPC, AHIMA, or HCCS for Home Health.


• Understanding of the content of the medical records; psychiatric experience a plus.


• Must possess excellent language skills, able to communicate in English, both verbally and in writing.


• Excellent computer skills.


• Competent in interpersonal, oral and written communication.


• Strong organizational skills.

• The Health Information Management Analyst/Coder provides diagnosis and/or procedural coding to ensure appropriate diagnosis and procedural codes to individual patient health information for data retrieval, analysis, and claims processing.


• Enters chart deficiencies in computer.


• Assists IPD staff and physicians with completion of medical records.


• Prepares deficiency/delinquency report weekly. Initiates attempts to acquire as many signatures as possible before running the report.


• Reviews charts thoroughly to ascertain all diagnosis/procedures.


• Contacts responsible physician in a professional, tactful manner, if diagnosis is not available on the chart.


• Assures needed signatures and pertinent documents are obtained in the inpatient record before closing record.


• Demonstrates the ability to work well as part of a team and facilitate team development.


• Demonstrates the ability to be flexible, organized and function under stressful situations.