Inpatient Coding Specialist

February 6, 2025
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Job Description

HCA Healthcare

Location: Webster, TX, United States
Facility: HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake
Shift: Work From Home
Employment Type: Full-time

Position Description

Description

Introduction

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours
volunteering in our communities. As an Inpatient Coding Specialist with Work
from Home you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!
Sign-On Bonus Eligible* Flexible Schedule! Full-time 40 Hour Work Week!

Benefits

Work from Home, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life,
career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs
include:

  • Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
  • Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
  • Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  • 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  • Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  • Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  • Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  • Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  • Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  • Colleague recognition program
  • Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  • Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Learn more about Employee Benefits
_Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location._
Would you like to unlock your potential with a leading healthcare provider
dedicated to the growth and development of our colleagues? Join the Work from
Home family! We will give you the tools and resources you need to succeed in
our organization. We are looking for an enthusiastic Inpatient Coding
Specialist to help us reach our goals. Unlock your potential!

Job Summary and Qualifications

As an Inpatient Coding Specialist, you will review and evaluate hospital
inpatient medical record documentation to assign, sequence, edit, and/or
validate the appropriate ICD-10-CM and ICD-10- PCS codes. You will perform
coding and/or code/DRG validation across multiple entities.
What you will do in this role:

  • Assigns, sequences, validates, and/or edits codes/DRGs and abstracted data (e.g., physician, discharge disposition, query tracking) for inpatient records for multiple facilities using ICD-10CM and ICD-10-PCS to include:
  • Diagnosis description with appropriate 3-7 digit code assignment with corresponding Present On Admission (POA)
  • Procedure description with appropriate 7 digit ICD-10-PCS code, date and surgeon
  • Admitting Diagnosis
  • Discharge disposition
  • Where applicable, completes the coding portion of the IRF-PAI
  • Maintains or exceeds established accuracy standards • Maintains or exceeds established productivity standards
  • Utilizes the complete patient medical record documentation in code/DRG assignment, validation, and/or editing of codes/DRGs
  • Initiates, reviews, and/or edits physician queries in compliance with Company and HSC policy where appropriate
  • As needed, may periodically be asked to perform Coding Account Resolution Specialist III (CARS III) duties

Qualification you will need:

  • High School graduate or GED equivalent required
  • Undergraduate (Associate’s or Bachelor’s) degree in HIM/HIT preferred
  • Minimum 1 year of acute care hospital inpatient coding required, 3 years preferred
  • RHIA, RHIT or CCS preferred


Parallon provides full-service revenue cycle management, or total patient
account resolution, for HCA Healthcare. Our services include scheduling,
registration, insurance verification, hospital billing, revenue integrity,
collections, payment compliance, credentialing, health information management,
customer service, payroll and physician billing. We also provide full-service
revenue cycle management as well as targeted solutions, such as Medicaid
Eligibility, for external clients across the country. Parallon has over 17,000
colleagues, and serves close to 1,000 hospitals and 3,000 physician practices,
all making an impact on patients, providers and their communities.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical
Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years,
HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of
charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

> “There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do
> it.”- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
> HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing
applications for our Inpatient Coding Specialist opening. Qualified candidates
will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise
the bar in patient care!
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do
not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin,
gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability
status.
_*Some exclusions may apply. Must meet eligibility requirements._
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