Coder Long Term Care

Essential Job Function:

• Helps maintain the confidentiality of all resident care information including protected health information.
• Supports developing a good working rapport with inter-department personnel within the organization to ensure medical records are properly maintained.
• Assists with maintaining confidentiality of user ID codes and passwords used to assess resident and facility information.
• Reports any known or suspected unauthorized attempt to access facilities information system.
• Helps ensure supplies are replenished in work areas as necessary, assignment areas are clean, and records are appropriately stored at the end of a business day.
• Assists in billing functions by developing face sheets upon admission, applying all diagnosis codes for billing and care planning, obtaining, tracking certification and recertification forms.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Required: High School Diploma or equivalent.

Experience:

• Required: 2 years

Licensure/Certification/Listing:

• Required: One of the following: Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), or Certified Coding Specialist (Physician-based) (CCS-P) certification.