IP Medical Coder

IP Medical Coder responsible for reviewing and sequencing ICD-9-CM/CPT/HCPCS/DRG codes for diagnoses and procedures to ensure accuracy and completeness as documented by physicians. Responsibilities include preparing daily and monthly coding audit reports, abstracting essential information from health records to identify comorbidities, verifying that final diagnoses reflect care provided, ensuring coding aligns with DOH guidelines, providing feedback to doctors on coding errors, staying current with coding versions and directives, maintaining interdepartmental communication within the department, adhering to infection control and safety policies (OSHMS, DOH, JCI, ISO), supporting continuous quality improvement and participating in quality assurance activities, attending in-service trainings and internal programs, maintaining confidentiality, and performing additional duties as requested by the Head of Department.