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Location: Palm Springs, CA
Salary: $Not stated

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<tr><td valign="top" width="450"><b>Title: CODER I - FULLTIMELocation: CA-Palm SpringsOther Locations:GENERAL DUTIES:Provides superior customer satisfaction (the customer defined as a patient, physician, hospital employee or department to maintain compliance with JCAHO, Title 22 and all other regulating agencies. Access to all Patient Health Information.representative for an outside agency), ensuring the highest quality of care and services. Provides the hospital with the necessary support and management of information as it pertains to all facets of the responsibilities within the Health Information Management Department and all related activities generated from the medical recordAble to code all out-patient type encounters with CPT codes and modifiers with accuracy rate of 95% or higher. Productivity Expectations are as follows: (based on an 8-hour day)Abstracting and coding:Outpatient Surgery: 40-50 charts per dayEmergency Department:   130-160 charts per dayAncillary:          200 charts per dayRequired:Minimum Education:             Coding classes and college level medical terminology, anatomy,                              and physiology classes completed and passed.Minimum Experience:            Previous outpatient coding experience in acute care facility; may accept a                              trainee if applicant tests well on OP coding test.Required Course (s) Training:     Coding, medical terminology and anatomyRequired Certification:           Certified Coding Specialist Certificate preferred, not required.Skills-Machines:                Basic computer data entry and retrieval, phones, faxes, photocopier, PC                              systems, calculator, proficient on 3M coding program.Skills-Administrative:            Answers phones, interacts with physicians, other hospital                             employees and administration. Offers direction to patients upon                             request. Interprets physician writing and progress notes in order to                             establish other co-morbid conditions, which may influence                             reimbursement.

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