About the job
Join Altegra Health as a Remote Certified Medical Coder in Dallas! This is a temporary, home-based position expected to continue through the end of 2015. Our Coders will be compensated per chart, ensuring flexibility and efficiency in your work. As a Remote Certified Coder, you will meticulously review medical records, applying the appropriate ICD-9-CM diagnostic codes while adhering to Altegra Health's quality assurance standards, including compliance with Official Coding Guidelines and Risk Adjustment Guidelines.
Key Responsibilities:
• Extract essential information from patient medical records and assign suitable ICD-9-CM codes, including HCC and/or RxHCC group assignments as needed.
• Utilize Altegra Health Flagged Event codes when documentation is ambiguous or insufficient for accurate medical coding.
• Stay updated on medical coding guidelines and reimbursement reporting requirements.
• Review your chart assignments daily and accurately report all hours worked on a weekly basis.
• Communicate any work-related concerns to your designated Coder Advocate, escalating to the Senior Manager of Clinical Operations if necessary.
• Uphold the Standards of Ethical Coding as established by the American Health Information Management Association, while strictly following official coding guidelines.
• Ensure compliance with HIPAA laws and regulations.
• Engage in testing and training as required by the company.
