Senior Coding Specialist, PRN - REMOTE

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center : Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research. Organization: Coding-Professional and Outpatient facility Coding Job Summary: JOB SUMMARY Reviews, accurately assigns, and abstracts diagnostic and procedural codes to encounters using designated coding classification independently. Supports on-going training and development of staff. . KEY RESPONSIBILITIES• Organizes and prioritizes complex coding work to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and hospital targets.• Assigns the most appropriate diagnosis and procedures to reflect the utilization of resources during the patient encounter.• Recognizes documentation clarification opportunities to ensure it supports all codes and designation assignments. Initiates coding queries or tasks.• Serves as a clinical coding subject matter expert.• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES• Medical Coding (Advanced): The transformation of healthcare diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and equipment into universal medical alphanumeric codes.• Critical Thinking (Advanced): The objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment.• Medical Terminology & Doc