HIM Radiology Coding Lead Specialist

AKRON, OH, US • Posted 43 minutes ago • Updated 43 minutes ago

Full Time

On-site

Fitment

Dice Job Match Score™

🔢 Crunching numbers...

Job Details

Skills

Preventive Maintenance
Performance Management
Project Management
Data Collection
Research
Training
Auditing
Revenue Management
Finance
Optimization
Billing
Pathology
Cell Biology
Medical Records
Epic
Data Entry
Database
Health Information Management
ICD-10
Configuration Management
Change Management
Content Management
Health Care
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Excel
Supervision
Management
Oracle Linux

Summary

Full-time, 40 hours/week

Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm

Remote (prefer candidates who reside in NE Ohio and can commute on occasion to Akron location)

Summary:

The Health Information Management Radiology Coding Lead Specialist facilitate the reimbursement and data collection for Akron Children\'s Hospital Radiology and Interventional Radiology. ICD-10-CM and CPT codes are assigned for the diagnosis and procedures for all radiology and interventional radiology accounts. Medical record abstract data is reviewed for accuracy in Epic before completing the chart.

Responsibilities:

Create education teams and topics for internal coding consistencies. Research for information regarding changes or updates to coding procedures/requirements.
Assists manager with training and educating new or existing coding specialist. Provides cross training when necessary.
Assists with auditing coded records.
Answers ongoing coder questions and listed to problems/concerns and offer suggestions or solutions.
Provides coding manager with input from medical record specialist regarding performance reviews.
Works as a collaborative team member with Revenue Cycle Department, Quality Service Department and Finance Department to ensure optimization of reimbursement. Works with IS and billing to create charges for new codes.
Reviews abstracted data elements such as patient information, dates of service, point of origin, discharge disposition and attending provider and makes the necessary changes in EPIC.
Reviews operative reports, progress notes, dictated reports, pathology reports, cytology reports, x-ray reports, laboratory reports, and other medical record information by accessing the electronic record via EPIC.
Abstracts clinical data from these same patient records and performs data entry into clinical/statistical database.
Other duties as required.

Other information:

Technical Expertise

Experience in health information management is required.
Experience in ICD-10-CM, CPT coding and classification systems is required.
Experience: 2 years of coding isrequired.
Experience working with all levels within an organization is preferred.
Experience in healthcare is preferred.
Proficiency in MS Office [Outlook, Excel, Word] or similar software is required. 3M software is preferred.

Education and Experience

Education: Associate degree in health information or related field is preferred; Bachelor\'s degree is preferred.
Certification: AHIMA or AAPC certification is required.
Years of relevant experience: 2 years minimum required. Minimum 3 years is preferred.
Years of experience supervising: None.

Full Time

FTE: 1.000000

Status: Remote

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Dice Id: RTX1d8578
Position Id: 109305176
Posted 43 minutes ago

Create job alert

Never miss an opportunity! Create an alert based on the job you applied for.

Similar Jobs

HIM Radiology Coding Lead Specialist

Clinton, Ohio

•

Today

Full-time, 40 hours/week Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm Remote (prefer candidates who reside in NE Ohio and can commute on occasion to Akron location) Summary: The Health Information Management Radiology Coding Lead Specialist facilitate the reimbursement and data collection for Akron Children\'s Hospital Radiology and Interventional Radiology. ICD-10-CM and CPT codes are assigned for the diagnosis and procedures for all radiology and interventional radiology accounts. Medical record abstract data

Full-time

HIM Radiology Coding Lead Specialist

Atwater, Ohio

•

Today

Full-time

HIM Radiology Coding Lead Specialist

Chippewa Lake, Ohio

•

Today

Full-time

HIM Radiology Coding Lead Specialist