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AMITA Health
Location: Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 Document ID: AC165-5BDO Posted on: 2018-10-0810/08/2018 Job Type: RegularJob Schedule:Full-time
2018-11-07
Coding Team Lead
We're Hiring
Title: Team Ld-Coding
City, State: Elk Grove Village,IL
Location: AMITA Health ABMC
Department: Hlth Info Mgmt Operations 001
Additional Job Details: Full-Time / 36 hours Weekly
Why Join AMITA?
AMITA Health (www.AMITAhealth.org) is a joint operating company formed by Adventist Midwest Health, part of the Adventist Health System in Altamonte Springs, FL., and Alexian Brothers Health System, a subsidiary of St. Louis-based Ascension. Headquartered in Arlington Heights, IL, AMITA Health is the third largest health system in the state with more than 12,000 associates committed to delivering the most efficient, highest quality, faith-based care at nine acute and specialty care hospitals and at more than 80 ambulatory/clinic locations. AMITA Health has an extensive provider network of more than 3,000 hospital-affiliated physicians and the AMITA Health Medical Group consists of over 500 multi-specialty employed physicians and associate practitioners, ranking it among the largest regional medical groups. AMITA Health's mission is to extend the healing ministry of Jesus by respecting the faith traditions of the many individuals and families we have been called to serve across suburban Chicago.
What You Will Do
Job Summary:
Organizes and coordinates the activities and flow of work for coding functions.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications
Licenses/Certifications/Registration:
Education:
Work Experience:
Equal Employment Opportunity
AMITA Health will provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, genetic information, carrier status or any other legally protected status or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
Title: Team Ld-Coding
City, State: Elk Grove Village,IL
Location: AMITA Health ABMC
Department: Hlth Info Mgmt Operations 001
Additional Job Details: Full-Time / 36 hours Weekly
Why Join AMITA?
AMITA Health (www.AMITAhealth.org) is a joint operating company formed by Adventist Midwest Health, part of the Adventist Health System in Altamonte Springs, FL., and Alexian Brothers Health System, a subsidiary of St. Louis-based Ascension. Headquartered in Arlington Heights, IL, AMITA Health is the third largest health system in the state with more than 12,000 associates committed to delivering the most efficient, highest quality, faith-based care at nine acute and specialty care hospitals and at more than 80 ambulatory/clinic locations. AMITA Health has an extensive provider network of more than 3,000 hospital-affiliated physicians and the AMITA Health Medical Group consists of over 500 multi-specialty employed physicians and associate practitioners, ranking it among the largest regional medical groups. AMITA Health's mission is to extend the healing ministry of Jesus by respecting the faith traditions of the many individuals and families we have been called to serve across suburban Chicago.
What You Will Do
Job Summary:
Organizes and coordinates the activities and flow of work for coding functions.
Responsibilities:
- Assists with daily operations and resolving issues and billing/coding discrepancies. Coordinates staff assignments to meet workload demands as indicated by volume statistics.
- Serves as a liaison to Health Information Management (HIM) managers and other departments to resolve coding issues, including coding inaccuracies and denial processing.
- Assists team members with issues requiring immediate attention including resolving inconsistencies in documentation.
- May abstract pertinent information from patient records. Assigns the International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) or Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes, creating Ambulatory Patient Classification (APC) or Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) assignments.
Qualifications
Licenses/Certifications/Registration:
- Required Credential(s):
- One or more of the following:
- Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) specializing in Physician-Based Settings credentialed from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
- Registered Reg Health Info Admnstr credentialed from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
- Registered Reg Health Info Tech credentialed from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
Education:
- Associate Degree
- Associate degree from an accredited program in Health Information Technology/Management preferred
Work Experience:
- Five years of progressive coding or coding review experience required.
Equal Employment Opportunity
AMITA Health will provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, genetic information, carrier status or any other legally protected status or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.