Kaweah Health is a publicly owned, community healthcare organization that provides comprehensive health services to the greater Visalia area in central California. With more than 5,000 employees, Kaweah Health provides state-of-the-art medicine and high-quality preventive services in our acute care hospital, specialized health centers and clinics. Our eight-campus healthcare district has 613 beds and offers comprehensive health services across a broad continuum of care.
It takes a special person to work for Kaweah Health. We serve a region where the needs are great, which makes the rewards even greater. Every day, we care for people facing unique challenges and in need of healing. Throughout it all, our focus is to make a difference, and we do — in the health of our patients, our loved ones, and our community.
Benefits Eligible
Full-Time Benefit Eligible
Work Shift
Day - 8 Hour or less Shift (United States of America)
Department
8700 Health Information Mgmt
Responsible for translating healthcare providers’ diagnostic and procedural phrases into coded form. The Coding staff do this by reviewing and analyzing health records to identify relevant diagnoses and procedures for distinct patient encounters. The coding function is the primary source for data and information used in health care, and promotes provider/patient continuity, accurate database information, and the ability to optimize reimbursement. The coding function also ensures compliance with established coding guidelines, third party reimbursement policies, and regulations.
The HIM Coding Specialist II will be responsible for coding cases of greater difficulty, requiring greater skill/knowledge than that of an HIM Coding Specialist I.
REMOTE-U.S
QUALIFICATIONS
License /Certification
Required: Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA); or Certified Professional Coder (CPC) or Certified Outpatient Coder (COC) and/or Certified Inpatient Coder (CIC) from the American Association of Professional Coders (AAPC); or RHIT; or RHIA.
Education
Required: High School diploma or equivalent.
Preferred: Associate's degree Completion of coding training to include anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, basic ICD 10-CM/PCS diagnostic/procedural and basic CPT coding.
Experience
Required: At least one to two years of coding experience.
Preferred: Three or more years of coding experience.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Ability to operate a codefinder.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential
Codes and abstracts diagnoses, procedures, and patient information from Outpatient encounters, including Ambulatory Surgeries and enters data into the hospital information system. (Dependent on knowledge/experience, may include inpatient encounters).
Verifies abstracted hospital information fields for accuracy and completeness, correcting as appropriate based upon information obtained from the paper medical record.
Prioritizes outpatient and inpatient coding and abstracting responsibilities so that coding is kept current.
Communicates with physicians or physician office staff when documentation is unclear or insufficient to complete the coding process.
Maintains coding proficiency through self directed continuing education. Maintains knowledge of current trends, updates and changes in coding policy and procedure.
Additional
Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and services appropriate to the population served on the assigned unit or work area.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Pay Range
$24.31 -$36.46
If you want to use your talents alongside people who face each day with courage and purpose, in an environment that empowers you to do your absolute best, this is where you belong.
Top Skills
What We Do
Established in 1963, Kaweah Health is one of the area’s most progressive healthcare providers. With more than 400 physicians and 4,800 employees – more than 1,000 of which are registered nurses – Kaweah Health provides the people living and working in California’s bustling Central Valley with access to high-quality health care just minutes from home.
Kaweah Health is an eight-campus, 613-bed healthcare organization based in Visalia, California, devoted to serving central California residents. Our areas of excellence include cardiac services, orthopedics, surgical services and obstetrics. We offer an array of other services – physical therapy, cancer care, imaging, diabetes education and more to help people live healthier lives.
We offer general, specialty and sub-specialty care in a full-range of medical fields.
We offer six accredited Graduate Medical Education Programs training physicians of tomorrow in emergency medicine, family medicine, surgery, psychiatry, anesthesia and a transitional year program. We are the only level III trauma center in Tulare and Kings counties. We are the first in Tulare County to offer robotic surgery for gynecologic, urologic and general surgery procedures. We are the first hospital in California to install Artis Zeego advanced 3D imaging equipment in operating room. We are home to the most advanced endourology suite in the region with GreenLight Laser Therapy providing minimally-invasive relief for enlarged prostates.
We are the only comprehensive cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation program in the South Valley.
We are the only accredited amputation specialty program in the Central Valley and the only accredited stroke program in Tulare and Kings counties.
We have everything from a well-respected pediatric hospitalist program to nationally-recognized orthopedic and cancer programs. We offer an expansive rural health clinic system serving residents countywide.
