Job Description
Description Rate of Pay : $89,760 Annually Shift : Monday-Friday 8:30-5pm Eligible Benefits • 11 Paid Holidays • 5 Additional Paid Days: 3 Self-Care, 1 Birthday, 1 Personal Holiday • Generous PTO policy and Sabbatical • Employer Paid Medical, Life Insurance, Short Term Disability and Employee Assistance Program • Voluntary Dental, Vision, FSA, Long Term Disability, Critical Illness, Accident Cover
8:00 AM
Coders start the day by pulling their assigned chart queue. In a hospital setting, an inpatient coder might work 15–25 charts per…
8:30 AM
Open the first chart. Read the operative report, discharge summary, and physician notes. Assign the principal diagnosis code (the…
10:30 AM
Encounter a complex chart — a patient with multiple comorbidities and a surgical complication. You spend extra time to capture eve…
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