Education:  High school graduate.

 

Experience:  Two years experience in an acute care hospital environment.  Proficient ICD-9-CM and CPT coding.  This position requires extensive knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology.  Computer experience required.  Experience with Meditech abstracting and 3M encoding preferred.  Must be able to work independently with little supervision.  Must be willing to keep up to date with changing rules and regulations by various payer sources through continuous personal education, resources provided by SCH and corporate coding department.