CoderII-Inpatient

**Location:** Avera Downtown Building-Sioux Falls **Worker Type:** Regular **Work Shift:** Primarily days with possible weekends/evenings/holidays (United States of America) **Pay Range:** _The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience._ $25.50 - $38.00 **Position Highlights** **You Belong at Avera** **Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.** **A Brief Overview** Responsible for the timely and accurate assignment of diagnostic and procedural codes for inpatient charts for a variety of facilities within Avera Health. Accurate abstracting along with other reporting and editing functions is also within the scope of the Coder. The Coder will work to meet quality and production goals for the position with guidance from other professional staff. Position will work closely with and be mentored by other coding professional staff to ensure accurate coding assignment. **What you will do ** * Review all aspects of a patient’s clinical documentation in order to identify the appropriate sequence of ICD-10-CM diagnosis and PCS procedure codes for assigned patient charts across Avera’s facilities. Understand the basics of ICD-10-CM and PCS codes in depth, and be willing to update that knowledge through research or other educational opportunities. * IP Coder II is distinguished by specific services lines which could include but not limited to the following: Surgery, NICU/PICU, Cardiovascular, Women’s Health, OB, Nursery, Behavioral Health, Orthopedics, Inpatient Rehabilitation and others as appropriate. * Focus on determining the appropriate DRG based on insurance and/or medical coding for inpatient charts or other charts as necessary for the inpatient service line. * Serves as a subject matter expert for other health professionals within Avera on these topics on occasion. * Queries physicians and clinical documentation staff to ensu