Founded in 1906, McLeod Health is a locally owned and managed, not for profit organization supported by the strength of more than 900 members on its medical staff and more than 2,900 licensed nurses. McLeod Health is also composed of approximately 15,000 team members and more than 90 physician practices throughout its 18-county service area. With seven hospitals, McLeod Health operates three Health and Fitness Centers, a Sports Medicine and Outpatient Rehabilitation Center, Hospice and Home Health Services. The system currently has 988 licensed beds, including Hospice and Behavioral Health. The hospitals within McLeod Health include: McLeod Regional Medical Center, McLeod Health Dillon, McLeod Health Loris, McLeod Health Seacoast, McLeod Health Cheraw, McLeod Health Clarendon and McLeod Behavioral Health.  

Summary: The Outpatient Surgery Coder is responsible for accurately assigning diagnosis and procedure codes to Same

Day Surgery and Endoscopy discharges at the smaller McLeod Health facilities.

Maintains a professional image and exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, and co-

workers in accordance with our Service Excellence Standards and Core Values.

Maintains credentials with AHIMA or AAPC is required.

Keeps abreast of all new coding developments by attending any coding classes, reading articles on coding updates, and

attending seminars when available.

Possess outpatient coding knowledge and experience necessary to accurately assign ICD-10-CM codes for

principal diagnosis and all applicable secondary diagnoses on all Same Day Surgery and Endoscopy

encounters at the smaller McLeod Health facilities.

Possess outpatient coding knowledge and experience necessary to accurately assign CPT procedure codes for

principal procedure and all applicable secondary procedures on all Same Day Surgery and Endoscopy

encounters at the smaller McLeod Health facilities, when applicable, to arrive at the most appropriate APC

assignment.

Understands and appropriately assigns all applicable modifiers to CPT procedure codes and ancillary charges

required to prevent billing edits.

Queries physicians appropriately when documentation is not clear in the medical record.

Maintains department specific productivity standards with a 95% accuracy rate.

Respects patient confidentiality at all times.

Performs other backup duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: 80 hours bi-weekly

Qualifications/Education/Training:

1 to 2 years of Hospital Same Day Surgery and Endoscopy coding in Medical Records

Licenses and/or Certifications:

High School Diploma required, AHIMA or AAPC maintained credential required.