Coder

ER Facility Coder

1. Determine the principal diagnosis, the significant secondary diagnoses and procedure if applicable.  Assign the correct ICD-10 diagnosis codes and the correct applicable CPT codes for each emergency room record accu­rately 95‑100% of the time to meet standard; 94% or less is below standard as documented by quality assurance activities.  Employee must follow all coding guidelines and AHIMA’s Code of Ethics. 

1. Complete the E/M audit tool and assign the correct E/M Professional level codes as well as any procedures accurately 95‑100% of the time to meet standard; 94% or less is below standard, as documented by quality assurance activities.

      3. Code all emergency department records as documented on the daily worklist. Work task desktop maintain AR daily productivity.                 

Standard: Code all ED records with a minimum productivity measure of 10 charts per hour (facility and professional side).  The goal is to code within four days of the patient visit.