HEALTH INFORMATION OUTPATIENT CODER Job Listing at Louisiana Department of State Civil Service in New Orleans, LA (Job ID ldoscs-592353)

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Job Title: HEALTH INFORMATION OUTPATIENT CODER
Agency: MCLNO/Charity Hospital and Med Center
Opening Date: Wed. 01/30/13
Closing Date/Time: Continuous
State Salary Range: $12.09 - $24.17 hourly
$967.38 - $1,933.85 biweekly
$2,096.00 - $4,190.00 monthly
$25,152.00 - $50,280.00 annually

Agency Hiring Range: Min: Max:
Job Type: Classified
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

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Qualifications Benefits Supplemental Questions

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Four years of clerical experience, two years of which must have been in medical records.

SUBSTITUTIONS:
General college training may be substituted for the two years of general experience on the basis of thirty semester hours for one
year of experience.

College training in medical records may be substituted for the specialized experience on the basis of six semester hours in medical records per thirty overall hours for one year of experience.
Supplemental Information:

There are four (4) vacancies to be filled.
These positions are located in the Medical Records Department

LSU Health Interim LSU Public Hospital
2021 Perdido Street
New Orleans, LA 70112

All new hires ofInterimLSU Public Hospitalincluding transfers from other agencies with permanent status, may have toserve a probationary period of no less than twelve months.

Experience Preferred:
Certification in Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Certified Coding Specialist, (CCS), Registered Health Information Administrator, (RHIA)

No Civil Service test scoreis required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

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For further information about this vacancy contact:

Rodney Harris
LSU HealthInterim LSU Public Hospital
1541 Tulane Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70112
rharri1@lsuhsc.edu
Job Concepts:
Function of Work:
To perform coding of outpatient records according to ICD-9-CM for the purpose of reimbursement, research, and compliance with federal regulations according to diagnosis and procedure.

Level of Work:
Experienced.

Supervision Received:
General from a higher level Health Information staff member.

Supervision Exercised:
None.

Location of Work:
Health Care Facilities--Statewide.

Job Distinctions:
Differs from Health Information Inpatient Coder by lack of responsibility for determining the principal diagnosis for inpatients.
Examples of Work:
Codes diagnoses and procedures for purposes of standardization, retrieval, and statistical analyses on outpatient records, as well as long term care patient records.

Codes diagnoses and procedures for data collection and processing.

Collects and processes health information.

Inputs data into computerized health information system.

Carries out concurrent health record review activities.

Abstracts health records for the collecting and processing of statistical data.

Maintains departmental coding policies and procedures manual.

Performs other duties as assigned.