CERTIFIED INPATIENT MEDICAL CODER -- FULLY REMOTE

CERTIFIED INPATIENT MEDICAL CODER FULLY REMOTE – ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES ABOUT US: Laredo Technical Services, Inc. provides staffing services to federal Government agencies all over the world. LTSI connects the right opportunities to the right people. With our experience in placing our Team Members throughout the United States and overseas, we excel at providing experienced, professional personnel for a wide range of Professional and Office Administration as well as Medical Services. Our goal is to provide the highest quality professionals in the industry. LTSI’s culture delivers a strong work ethic while going above and beyond with a sense of urgency. We are an employee-driven company. We strive for excellence every day, which is what sets us apart from all the other government contractors. Our strong work ethic, sense of urgency and commitment to going above and beyond for our clients is what we value most! As a Certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) that provides a broad range of administrative, project management, and medical staffing support services, we are also honored to be a Member of the Military Spouse Employment Partnership (MSEP), and we encourage military spouses to apply for any of our positions for which they feel they are qualified. JOB TITLE: Certified Inpatient Medical Coder GOVERNMENT AGENCY & LOCATION: FULLY REMOTE ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES POSITION INFORMATION: This will be a full-time, fully remote position with normal hours of operation from 7:30 A.M. – 4:30 P.M. Monday through Friday, excluding Federal Holidays. Resumes must illustrate the minimum amount of experience and medical specialties coded. In the case of experience that includes billing or other medical office functions, the resume must illustrate the amount of actual medical coding work performed. Additionally, resume must indicate the minimum amount of education required for the position applying. RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Accurately assigns diagnosis, procedure, and supply codes for the professional and institutional (facility) components of Inpatient, External Resource Sharing Agreement (ERSA), Ambulatory Procedure Visit (APV), Observation, Emergency Department (ED), Outpatient encounters and modifiers IAW DHA and AFMS MCPO completeness, productivity, and timeliness standards.
• Applies knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, disease processes, treatment modalities, diagnostic tests, medications, procedures as well as the principles and practices of health services and the organizational structure to ensure proper code selection.
• May provide limited assistance as necessary to the MTF Data Quality, Group Practice Managers, or other MTF business functions in compiling, analyzing, and reporting MTF coding data for performance purposes.
• Coder Productivity. Coder productivity will be measured on a monthly basis by dividing the number of encounters coded by the number of available hours for coding, after subtracting hours for leave, holidays, weekends, non-coding tasks, and computer downtime. Details as to the specific calculation and data to be reported are contained in the DHA and MTF Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for calculating coding productivity.
• Coder Accuracy. Coding accuracy will be determined by Contractor peer reviews or focused audits IAW the AFMS MCPO SOP for calculating coding accuracy. Coding accuracy will be determined as an overall accuracy score on the basis of ICD, E&M, and CPT accuracy. Accuracy will be determined by dividing the number of codes correct by the total number of codes for each category (for example, the number of ICD codes correct divided by the total number of ICD codes in the peer review or audit).
• Completion of continuing education and other training opportunities to further develop and maintain currency in coding proficiency during the reporting month.
• Coder Systems Issues Tracking. Contractor employees will be expected to provide monthly reports on systems issues IAW the AFMS MCPO SOP on tracking systems issues.
• Customer Satisfaction. The coder is expected to achieve a minimum average of 85% customer satisfaction on periodic surveys of the MTF Coding Managers and FREDs reported to the COR and AFMS MCPO.

EDUCATION:

• An Associate’s degree or higher in Health Information Management OR
• A university certificate in medical coding OR
• At least 30 semester hours’ university/college credit that includes relevant coursework such as anatomy/physiology, medical terminology, health information management, and/or pharmacology OR
• Successful completion of an American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) or American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) coding certification preparation course for professional services or facility coding that includes medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, health information management concepts, and pharmacology.

EXPERIENCE:

• Inpatient