About the Position: This position is located at Army Health Clinic Guthrie, Patient Administration, Patient Administration Records. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

Duties

Ensures that coding is performed in a manner which allows input of data into the computer system. Codes disease and injury diagnoses, acuity of care, and procedures in a wide range of ambulatory settings and specialties. Performs qualitative analysis to ensure accuracy, internal consistency and correlation of recorded data Contacts appropriate medical staff members to rectify inconsistencies, deficiencies and discrepancies in medical documentation. Provides assistance to medical staff by researching reference materials for requested information

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires screening of applicable immunizations.
• This Position requires seasonal influenza vaccination.
• This position has a coding certification requirement from the America Health Information Management Association.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes coding disease and injury diagnosis; providing assistance to professional staff; OR gathering data to produce reports; and/or performing analysis of records to ensure recorded data is accurate. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06). This position recommends that you be a Registered Record Administrator (RRA) or certified by American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), or Technician (RHIT), or be a certified coding specialist CCS, or CCS-P, or credentialed by American Association of Professional Coders (AAPC) CPC Certified Professional Coder, CPC-H or CPC-P.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address JT-DHA-DD83CS DHA STAND-ALONE MKT-GUTHRIE AHC DO NOT USE Fort Drum, NY 13602 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk