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Role Description

This role involves joining a healthcare team in a fully remote capacity as an Inpatient Coding Specialist.

• Review inpatient medical records and assign appropriate ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes
• Assign, sequence, validate, and edit DRGs and related abstracted data for inpatient encounters
• Ensure coding accuracy in accordance with coding guidelines, compliance standards, and documentation requirements
• Utilize complete medical record documentation to support accurate code and DRG assignment
• Maintain or exceed established coding productivity and accuracy standards
• Participate in coding quality reviews, audits, and discrepancy resolution

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of acute care hospital inpatient coding experience
• Strong knowledge of ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, DRG assignment, and POA indicators
• Required certification: RHIT, RHIA, or CCS
• Ability to meet productivity standards (1.8 charts per hour)
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work independently in a remote environment

Requirements

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Health Information Management (HIM) or Health Information Technology (HIT)
• Experience with coding audits and quality reviews

Benefits

• Competitive pay based on experience ($24.61 – $34.00 per hour)

Company Description

Navitas Healthcare, LLC is a certified WBENC and one of the fastest-growing healthcare staffing firms in the US providing Medical, Clinical, and Non-Clinical services to numerous hospitals.