Job: HIMS Coder

Location: AZ-Sun City West
Posted Date: 7/10/2009
Shift: Day
Category: Clerical/Administrative/ Business Support/Positions
Department: 14502 W. Meeker Blvd.
Facility: Banner Del Webb Medical Center
Position Type: Full-Time-FA
Shift Hours: 8a-5p
Hours Per Week: 40

Overview: Performs all functions according to established policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, as well as applicable professional standards. Provides all customers of Banner Health with an excellent service experience by consistently demonstrating our Performance Standards each and every day. Banner's Performance Standards include: Safety, Attitude, Responsiveness, Communication, Comfort, Privacy, Appearance, Teamwork, and Accountability. Responsibilities: Evaluates medical records, provides clinical abstracts and assigns appropriate clinical diagnosis and procedure codes in accordance with nationally recognized coding guidelines.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONSRequires a high school degree or equivalent and specialized formal training equivalent to the two year certification course in medical record keeping principles and practices, anatomy, physiology, pathology, medical terminology, standard nomenclature, and classification of diagnoses and operations, or an Associate's degree in a related health care field.Must demonstrate a level of knowledge and understanding of ICD9 and CPT coding principles as recommended by the American Health Information Management Association coding competencies, and as normally demonstrated by certification by the American Academy of Professional Coders. Requires one or more years of experience providing coding services for a broad range of hospital and acute care facilities. . Must be able to achieve an acceptable accuracy rate on the coding test administered by the hiring facility according to pre-established company standards.Must be able to work effectively with common office software and coding software and abstracting systems.