Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Full time

Work Shift: Day (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

With oversight from the Coding Manager and exercising independent judgment, the hospital outpatient coder performs a variety of tasks associated with coding hospital outpatient encounters, and providing coding education to providers, departments and team members in the outpatient area.

Job Description:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities including but not limited to:

1) Provides review and/or coding of any hospital outpatient services including but not limited to surgeries, observations and diagnostic services for appropriate use of CPT, ICD-10-CM, HCPCS, and Modifier useage/linkage.

2) Productivity and accuracy standards must be met according to guidelines set by manager.

3) Periodic review of codes, at least annually or as introduced or required for new, revised, or deleted code updates.

4) Answers and responds accurately and timely to questions from providers and other departments.

5) Reviews and analyzes rejected claims and patient inquiries of hospital services, and recommends appropriate coding when necessary.

6) Reports regularly on findings of reviews/rejections as required by manager.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

• HS diploma or equivalent, Associate Degree preferred

• Coding credential required, RHIT, RHIA, CCS, CPC, CPC-H, CCS-P

Licensure, Certification & Registration: N/A

Experience:

• 5 years hospital outpatient surgical and observation coding experience

• Computer skills

• Epic experience desirable

• 3M 360 CAC experience desirable

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:

• Adheres to Department, Hospital, and Human Resource Policies

• Demonstrates a thorough understanding of the body of knowledge required for attainment of a college-level coding certificate as indicated above.

• Computer skills, including word processing, spreadsheets, data entry, research, reporting, and accessing multiple hospital-wide systems.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Demonstrates proficiency as a teacher and/or educational resource to others in sharing knowledge and providing direction within the scope of the job.

• In the absence of certain of these skills, demonstrates the ability to be thoroughly trained to meet organizational requirements

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more (https://www.bilh.org/newsroom/bilh-to-require-covid-19-influenza-vaccines-for-all-clinicians-staff-by-oct-31) about this requirement.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled