Inpatient Coder
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Assigns inpatient diagnosis/procedure codes (ICD-CM, ICD-PCS, CPT, HCPCS) under direct supervision; handles observation and hospital admits.
Key requirements
- •ICD-CM/ICD-PCS/CPT/HCPCS
- •inpatient focus
- •observation cases
- •Northern California residency required
- •direct supervision
Worth a closer look
- ⚠Must reside Northern California
- ⚠Direct supervision indicates entry/junior level
Entry-level inpatient coder for Kaiser Northern California.
Full posting
Job Summary: Must Reside in Northern California Under direct supervision, the Inpatient Coder is responsible for the accurate coding and abstracting of inpatient cases or services (diagnosis, conditions and procedures) from medical record documentation. Assign codes and modifiers using the appropriate version of ICD-CM, ICD-PCS, CPT and HCPCS as well as other specialty systems as required by diagnostic category. The Inpatient Coder is expected to code and abstract Observation (OBS), Hospital Am…
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