CoderIII-Outpatient

**Location:** Avera Downtown Building-Sioux Falls **Worker Type:** Regular **Work Shift:** Day Shift (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 most types of outpatient charts for multiple facilities within Avera Health, with a focus on the more complex and high-dollar cases. Accurate abstracting along with other reporting and editing function is also a major responsibility. The Coder III works independently to meet quality and production goals for the position. Varied amounts of time will be spent educating Coder I, III and III coders along with helping others with denials management. **What you will do ** * Review all aspects of a patient's clinical documentation in order to identify the appropriate sequence of ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS diagnosis and procedure codes for assigned patient charts across Avera's facilities. Understand ICD-10-CM, CPT and HCPC codes in depth, and be willing to update that knowledge through research or other educational opportunities. * Focus on determining the appropriate APC/EAPC and/or appropriate medical coding for a variety of outpatient patient types including, but not limited to, surgeries, observation, injections/infusions, and/or oncology. * Expected to have a mastery of the majority of all outpatient types in the outpatient service line and code those as needed. * Serve as a subject matter expert for other health professionals within Avera on coding related topics. * Queries physicians and clinical documentation staff to ensure a full capture of the clinical record. * Assist staff with denials management, including the