Position: Coding Specialist
Reports To: Revenue Cycle Manager
Schedule: Full Time, Monday – Friday 8am – 430 pm EST (Flexible)
Location: Remote/Hybrid, Michigan residents only
Job Summary: Sheridan Community Hospital is a Critical Access Hospital dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality healthcare to our close-knit rural community. Our team values personalized care, teamwork, and a commitment to excellence. We are seeking a dependable, and hardworking coding specialist to join our team . The coding specialist will be applying CPT/ICD-10/HCPCS to services and rebilling rejected claims for services performed in a Rural Health Clinic Primary Care and Critical Access Hospital.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Review documentation to code diagnosis and procedures (to include inpatient, outpatient surgery, observation, Emergency Department and outpatient diagnostics)
- Communicate with physicians to obtain or clarify diagnosis and/or procedures via the query process
- Assign accurate codes utilizing an electronic encoder application in accordance with practice policy and regulatory guidelines
- Assures that accurate, complete client care documentation is completed timely, in preparation for billing
- Attention to detail and ability to organize and complete work in timely manner
- Intermediate computer skills including experience with Microsoft Office or similar applications
- Ability to work independently, takes initiative, and work collaboratively with others
- Maintenance of continuing education requirements
- Perform other related duties as required
- Participate in quality improvement projects. Attend training and meetings as required
- Maintains awareness of current quality and safety measures on the unit and follows guidelines or reporting measures to ensure safety of patients, visitors, and staff.
- Knowledge and skills in quality improvement and research methodologies.
