Medical Coder - Impatient DRG

Your Role

The Medical Coder-Inpatient DRG (IPDRG) provides high-level technical competency and subject matter expertise in analyzing physician/provider documentation in Inpatient health records to determine the principal diagnosis, secondary diagnoses, principal procedure, and secondary procedures. Assigns appropriate Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRG), All Patient Refined DRGs (APR), Present on Admission (POA), as well as Severity of Illness (SOI) & Risk of Mortality (ROM) indicators for Inpatient records. Identifies Hospital Acquired Conditions (HAC) and Patient Safety Indicators (PSI) to ensure accurate hospital reimbursement.

As a Medical Coder - Inpatient, You Will:

• Documentation Review and Code Assignment
• Assign appropriate code(s) by utilizing coding guidelines established by:
• The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), ICD-CM Official Coding Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, Centers for Medicare/Medicaid...