Orleans Community Health Hiring for Medical Coder Job at Medina, NY Full Time

Orleans Community Health at Medina Hospital is looking for a qualified and experienced Coder to join our 5-Star team. The Coder/Abstractor must be a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), certified coding specialist (CCS), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), or experienced coder in an acute care setting responsible for using current accepted coding principles and guidelines to code inpatient, ambulatory surgery, outpatient and emergency records.

Shift and Status

• Per Diem availability
• Varied shifts and flexible scheduling!
• *** Twenty dollars/hr. shift pick up incentive pay!
• This is not a remote position

Position Summary

The medical coderthoroughly reads and interprets the documentation contained in every medical record to identify all diagnoses and procedures to which codes must be affixed as well as assesses the adequacy of documentation to ensure that it supports the principle diagnosis, principle procedure, complications and comorbid conditions assigned codes.This person mustdemonstrate a strong familiarity of diagnostic and procedural terminology, have the ability to apply knowledge of disease processes and to index medical terms/procedures to the appropriate class in the classification system, and to apply knowledge of ICD-10-CM instructional notations and conventions to facilitate location of the correct code (s) for each episode of care. Must also utilize accurate CPT codes for the procedural coding of ambulatory surgery patients and must follow all coding guidelines, rules and regulations when assigning codes.

Requirements

• High School graduate
• Graduate of approved AHIMA or AAPC medical records program with credentials
• Two (2) years’ experience using current ICD – CM and CPT coding in acute care, critical access, and/or ambulatory care facilities, preferred.

Benefits and Perks

• We offer an outstanding team-oriented environment, challenging and rewarding careers, and valuable benefits to our employees.
• Be a part of an experienced team: We are a family-oriented facility with many of our employees with us for 10, 20 or more years!
• Work in a highly-respected organization that is committed to quality patient care!
• Flexible scheduling.
• Competitive wages, superior pension and retirement plan with employer contributions.
• Shift differential for working evening and night shift.
• Excellent vacation, holiday and sick leave package.
• Tuition assistance to provide opportunities for career growth.
• Independent health insurance, dental, vision and no-cost life insurance.
• Free parking, safe and quiet country setting in Medina along the historic Erie Canal!
• The satisfaction of knowing you’re making a difference in someone’s life every day

About Us

Orleans Community Health is comprised of Medina Memorial Hospital, (a designated Critical Access Hospital), Renal Dialysis Centers located in Medina and Batavia, NY, Primary and Walk-In Clinic in Albion, NY, a 30 bed Skilled Nursing Home, Outpatient and Ambulatory Services, and Community Partners Wellness Center. We are always looking for positive, dependable, caring individuals to join our team!

Our Mission

To improve the health of the communities we serve by providing equal access to quality health care services at the right time, in the right place, with the most efficient use of resources.

Job Types: Temporary, Contract, Part-time

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Medina, NY 14103: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• ICD-10: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: One location