Inpatient Coding – Online Coding Jobs from Home for Students

Job Type: Inpatient Coding from home
Location: Texas work from home
Company: Datavant

The goal of Datavant, a quickly expanding health IT startup, is to integrate global health data in order to enhance patient outcomes. Datavant develops technology that safeguards patient privacy and facilitates the linking of patient health records across datasets in an effort to lower the barriers to data sharing within the healthcare sector.

Joining Datavant now means becoming a part of a remote-first, highly collaborative team that is driven to revolutionize the healthcare industry. We look for three qualities in candidates: intelligence, kindness, and productivity. We believe in employing modest, high-potential employees who can take on more responsibility quickly as the business grows. We invest in our people. As a distributed workforce that prioritizes remote work, Datavant gives its employees the freedom to customize their workspace to meet their needs.

We are seeking qualified and seasoned inpatient coders to join our team as essential members. A excellent candidate for this position has a thorough understanding of medical terminology and a high level of accuracy and attention to detail. This position has a flexible schedule and is entirely remote.

Responsibilities:

• Apply ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM, and ICD-10-PCS codes to patient records in order to assign diagnostic and procedure codes.
• Based on the documentation found in medical records, appropriately assign, sequence, and abstract medical codes.
• For the purposes of hospital statistics and reporting, abstract and enter the coded data.
• If appropriate, review the work of Level 1 and Level 2 coders.
• Inform the relevant staff about code problems and potential for documentation enhancement so that they can be followed up on and resolved.
• Sustain a 95% coding accuracy rate, a 95% MS-DRG assignment accuracy rate, and the site-specified productivity standards.
• Maintain site-specific productivity criteria or a minimum production of one chart each hour.
• Professionally discuss clinical and reimbursement issues with coworkers, management, and hospital staff.
• Use a VPN to access work-related tasks.
• When required, travel (if applicable)
• Respect all company and HIM Division guidelines and directives.
• Maintain professional credentials by keeping track of your continuing education credits.
• Participate in mandated sponsored education and/or in-service meetings (as necessary)
• Respect the code of ethics established by the American Health Information Management Association.
• Take and pass the yearly HIPAA Introductory Test as well as any further tests that are administered.

Requirements:

• Three years or more of experience working in an IP coding facility
• CCS, RHIT, or RHIA certificates are preferred.
• Strong communication abilities both in writing and speaking

Extra credit if:

• A certificate program from the AAPC with a CCS is preferable, as is an associate’s or bachelor’s degree from an AHIMA-certified HIM program or nursing program.
• Three or more years of experience coding in a medical setting or as a consultant.
• Familiarity with digital encoding and software abstraction.