What are the responsibilities and job description for the Coder - RHIT position at Neuropsychiatric Hospitals?
About Us
HEALING THE BODY AND MIND
Founded fifteen (15) years ago, NeuroPsychiatric Hospitals is the largest hospital system in the nation providing care to patients with both neurological and medical needs. We are unique in that we serve a population which others have been previously been unable to, largely due the patient’s underlying medial issues. Our facilities maintain an inter-disciplinary focus using a multi-specialty approach for both neuropsychiatric and complex medical care issues. This proven approach provides unrivaled quality care for all of our patients. We have multiple locations throughout the United States and are continuing to add locations to ensure better access to our unique model of care.
Overview
RHIA, RHIT CREDENTIALED CODER
NeuroPsychiatric Hospitals is looking for Health Information Coder to work at our hospital in Mishawaka, IN.
NPH is the national leader in providing medical and neurobehavioral care to patients in acute psychiatric distress. The number one priority for all staff is clinical excellence with exceptional compliance performance.
Responsibilities
The Health Information Coder is responsible for coding and abstracting inpatient and medical records according to hospital policies, regulatory requirements and reimbursement. This position also requires assembling, analyzing, retrieving and filing of medical records. The Quality Coordinator/ Data Abstractor, which is the second half of this job:
- Performs clinical auditing and data abstraction of patient records in support of contracted facility’s clinical process improvement and patient safety initiatives associated with participation in.
- Reviews results of audits and identified trends are reviewed with Clinical Nurse Specialists, unit-assigned clinical staff, Performance Improvement staff, and physician quality task forces.
- Additional duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education: Associates degree in medical coding.
Experience: At least one (1) year of coding experience within an acute care hospital setting. Annual coding training. Experience in ICD10 and DRG optimization as well as and abstracting clinical information for billing preparation and statistical purposes and three years of QDA
Credential: Current or eligible RHIA, RHIT credential with exceptional experience.
