The Hospital Inpatient Coding Specialist reviews inpatient medical records and assigns International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10 CM) diagnosis and International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Procedure Coding System (ICD-10‑PCS) procedure codes that derives an All Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Group (APR‑DRG) or Medical Severity Diagnosis Related Group (MS‑DRG) for optimal reimbursement. The Hospital Inpatient Coding Specialist will work in collaboration with the Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialist at times to ensure accuracy consistent with Centra’s coding policies. The Hospital Inpatient Coding Specialist will abstract pertinent information according to established guidelines for the organization and will formulate provider queries to clarify information.

Responsibilities

• Assigns diagnosis and procedure codes.
• Verifies accuracy of DRG
• Accurately abstracts requi...