REMOTE- Inpatient Hospital Coder II
Description This is a remote, advanced position functioning under general supervision and utilizing independent decision making. -The Coder Inpatient II correctly assigns ICD diagnosis and procedure codes and MS-DRGs for inpatient hospital services at Hospital, an academic, Level I Trauma Center. -The Coder Inpatient II codes a variety of medical and surgical specialties such as Neurology, Oncology, Urology, Transplant, OB/Newborn, Ortho, Cardiology, and Critical Care which can include complex trauma and acutely ill patients. -Coders in this role communicate with care providers when necessary mainly via the electronic query process. -In order to ensure the most appropriate DRG assignment, coders partner with clinical documentation improvement specialists with the goal of obtaining the most complete and accurate medical record documentation.
- The coders in this position will apply all departmental coding quality guidelines and meet productivity standards, while maintaining a 95% overall accuracy rate. -The coder must understand that the hospital's strategic initiatives (financial, statistical and quality benchmarking) rely on the accuracy and integrity of all data coded by them.
- Effective communication is vital to this position.
- A high degree of ability to adapt to change and work as a team is extremely important to this role.
- Accurately assigns DRG's to hospital inpatient accounts.
- Accurately assigns diagnosis and procedure codes.
- Abstracts required information from accounts accurately per facility guidelines.
- Queries physicians when documentation is incomplete following facility guidelines and procedures.
- Writes queries independently with minimal assistance from the coordinators.
- Shows minimal need to query following reviews as documented in QA findings.
- Assigns Present on Admission (POA) indicators accurately.
- Maintains productivity (charts per hour) in accordance with facility expectations.
- Assigns codes for all assigned acuities and procedures attaining the standard for the appropriate case mix average for this coding role.
- Assigns codes for all assigned length of stays attaining the standard for the length of stay average for this coding role.
- Maintains the standard productive percent Works the Combine/Uncombine process as assigned Codes mortality cases accurately and timely in accordance with hospital policy Codes Rehab cases for both facilities at admission and discharge Denials/Support Sends timely and thorough rebuttals for insurance denials when requested Participates in other projects as assigned.
- A minimum one (1) year of recent experience at an academic medical center inpatient coding.
- Three (3) years of recent hospital inpatient coding experience.
- A minimum of three (3) years of experience as an inpatient coder at an academic facility.
- Medical, dental & vision
- Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
- 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
- Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
- Short and long-term disability
- Health Spending Account (HSA)
- Transportation benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) Workplace Type This is a fully remote position. Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Mar 26, 2026. h4>About TEKsystems: We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.