Sutter Health
Remote * (Roseville, CA, USA)
Assigns codes and modifiers into the hospital encoder system within established Health Information Management standards. Abstracts and codes Inpatient records and all others as assigned based on deep functional expertise. Determines principal and secondary diagnoses and procedures for Inpatient records, regardless of complexity, according to all applicable coding rules and regulatory standards. Assigns medical diagnoses and surgical procedure codes and abstracts necessary data elements for billing, reimbursement and state reporting. These codes are used to calculate the MS-DRG assignment required for reimbursement, as well as the APR DRG used for Quality metrics and analysis. This data is used to establish a statistical database which is used throughout the organization for medical staff improvement activities, clinical effectiveness and outcome studies, medical staff credentialing, administrative planning, researched and to meet regulatory reporting requirements. Ensures all...
