Role Description We are partnering with a leading regional health system to bring on Professional Fee Medical Coders for a fully remote contract opportunity supporting a variety of hospitalist, surgical, and outpatient clinic specialties. - Role: Professional Fee Medical Coder - Location: 100% Remote - Contract Length: 6 months with extensions/renewals - Start Date: Mid-June target What You'll Be Doing: - Perform professional fee coding across a variety of specialties including: - Hospitalist - Surgery - Outpatient Clinic - Additional specialty areas as needed - Ensure accurate and timely coding in accordance with organizational and regulatory standards - Support multiple coding workstreams and record types - Maintain strong coding quality in a QA-monitored environment - Collaborate effectively within a fully remote coding team Qualifications - 3+ years of Professional Fee coding experience - Experience supporting multiple profee specialties preferred - Strong background in hospitalist, surgical, and/or outpatient clinic coding - Ability to work across multiple coding areas rather than a highly siloed specialty - Strong understanding of coding compliance and documentation standards - Preferred: - Experience in larger health systems or high-volume environments - CPC, CCS-P, RHIT, and/or RHIA credentials preferred Requirements - Epic experience preferred - Experience with remote coding environments and QA workflows Performance Expectations - Accuracy: 95%+ - OP Clinic productivity target: ~15-20 encounters/hr - Productivity expectations for hospitalist/surgical coding are specialty-dependent

Role Description The Hospital Inpatient Coder VI Specialist analyzes the ICD 10 codes, suggested by computer assisted coding software, to ensure they align with official coding guidelines and the electronic medical record documentation. In collaboration with the Clinical Documentation Specialist, analyzes the circumstances of the visit to determine the most accurate diagnosis related group (DRG). This position also abstracts key data elements necessary for billing and data analysis. - Schedule: Monday - Friday - Day Shift - Remote - Must reside in an approved hiring state. - Accurately review and code patient records in the following clinical areas: hospital acute inpatient services. - Meet defined coding accuracy and production standards and demonstrate a thorough knowledge of coding guidelines, medical terminology, anatomy/physiology, reimbursement schemes, and Payor specific guidelines. - Review and analyze the content of medical records to appropriately assign ICD diagnosis procedure codes, CPT procedure codes, and modifiers to meet coding guidelines. - Notify coding leadership of trends and topics for education and feedback to physicians and departments. - Identify and enter data elements for abstracting. - Participate actively in performance improvement teams, projects, and committees. - Serve as a Superuser and assist with system testing. - Serve as a backup to coding reimbursement specialist. Qualifications - High School Diploma/GED - Required - Associate's degree - Preferred - 2 years Coding - Required - CCS, Certified Coding Specialist from American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) - Required - RHIT, Registered Health Information Technician from American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) - Preferred - RHIA, Registered Health Information Administrator from American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) - Preferred Requirements - Travel is required: Never or Rarely - Job Range: Coder VI Specialist - Hospital Inpatient $22.70-$33.77 - Incentive: Not Applicable Benefits Franciscan provides eligible employees with comprehensive benefit offerings. Find an overview on the benefit section of our career site, jobs.franciscanhealth.org.

• Reviews and codes complex hospital services and in-patient procedures • Utilizes coding guidelines to assign ICD and CPT codes • Ensures compliance with Medicare, Medicaid, and third-party payer guidelines • Collaborates with the Clinical Documentation Improvement team • Ensures accurate DRG assignment and works closely with management to resolve problems

Role Description To ensure accurate and appropriate gathering of information into the coding classification systems to meet departmental, hospital and outside agency requirements. This includes ensuring appropriate reimbursement, compliance and charging with the various coding guidelines and regulatory agencies. Responsible for obtaining accurate and complete documentation in the medical record for accurate coding/MS-DRG assignment, severity of illness and risk of mortality for each medical record. Must code inpatients and/or interventional RAD cardiology/radiology 90% of current FTE status. Responsible for the coding of the highly complex patient classes i.e. inpatient, interventional, etc. Qualifications - High School Diploma or Equivalent. - Current HIM or Coding Certification through one of the following: - American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) - American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) - Three (3) years of hospital inpatient coding or interventional radiology (IRAD) hospital coding experience. Requirements - Codes inpatient and/or IRAD 90% of current FTE status. - Reviews and accurately interprets medical record documentation from all hospital accounts to identify all diagnosis and procedures that affect the current inpatient stay or outpatient encounter and assigns the appropriate ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT, or modifier codes for each diagnosis and procedure that is identified (inpatient and IRAD). - Ensures appropriate MS-DRG assignment based on accurate ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding assignment and medical record documentation. - Assigns hospital codes to a variety of patient classes (i.e. I/P, IRAD, etc.). - Assures that quality and timely coding, charging and abstraction of accounts are completed daily for assigned specialty areas. - Maintains and enhances current levels of coding knowledge through quality review, attendance and participation at clinical in-services and coding seminars, internal meetings, study of circulating reference materials, and inclusion of updates to coding manuals. - Assures the accuracy, quality, and timely review of data needed to obtain a clean bill. - Contacts physicians or any persons necessary to obtain information required for accurate code assignments. Works and communicates with other offices in any manner necessary to facilitate the billing process. Benefits - Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 - Shift: Exempt/Non-Exempt - United States of America (Non-Exempt) Physical Requirements - Must be able to sit for long periods of time. - Must have visual and hearing acuity within the normal range. - Must have manual dexterity needed to operate computer and office equipment. Working Environment - Standard office environment. - Visual strain may be encountered in viewing computer screens, spreadsheets, and other written material. - May require travel. Skills and Abilities - Must be able to concentrate and maintain accuracy during constant interruptions. - Must possess independent decision-making ability. - Must possess the ability to prioritize job duties. - Must be able to handle high stress situations. - Must be able to adapt to changes in the workplace. - Must be able to organize and complete assigned tasks. - Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills. - Must possess knowledge of anatomy, physiology and medical terminology.