About the Position: This position is located at Twenty Nine Palms, California. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to federal service.

Duties

Perform journeyman level work with assignments designed to provide the competencies, skills, and experience required to perform the more complex work at the full performance grade level. Assign specific codes to medical records, sequencing and determining codes to accurately reflect the resources and procedures used in the care of the patients. Correlate operation codes with diagnosis codes to ensure the most descriptive code is selected when more than one anatomical location is involved. Perform quantitative analysis and checks medical record for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with regulatory requirements. Perform various functions involving review, analysis, evaluation, and management coding of diagnostic and treatment procedures contained in outpatient medical records with third party payers.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• A Personnel Security Investigation is required.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.
• Selectees will be required to sign a statement (Condition of Employment) consenting to seasonal influenza vaccinations or must provide a recognized exemption.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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. GS-06: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Translating primary/secondary diagnoses, complications, co-morbid conditions, procedures and operations into International Classification of Disease, 10th revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM), and ICD-10-PCS codes to reflect patient's diagnosis and procedure performed; 2) Utilizing anatomy, physiology, major disease process, diagnoses, surgical procedures, tests and pharmacology to facilitate accurate, complete coding of diagnosis, procedures and operations; 3) Ensuring medical records are accurate and contain appropriate documentation to support patient's principal diagnosis, principle procedure, qualifying complications and co-morbid conditions for the Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) assignment of the medical record for hospital funding and reimbursement; AND 4) Using hospital automated application/systems, (i.e. MHS GENESIS-Electronic Health Record, or equivalent automated patient record system to retrieve various reports (laboratory, radiology and pathology) to process patient complete medical record for coding data. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05). OR I have successfully completed college education in Medical Coding, or I have earned a Medical Coding certificate, such as Certified Professional Coder (CPC). (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts and/or Certificate). GS-05: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes I having medical terminology, procedures, anatomy, physiology, and disease processes knowledge to code basic medical records; by gathering and represent data graphically to manage medical records, and inputting them into a medical record coding system.This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-04). OR I have successfully completed four years of education above the high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR I have the specialized experience as described in A, but less than one year; and I have some education above the high school level but less than required in B. I have computed the percentage of the requirements that I meet, and the total is at least 100% (To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then, divide your semester hours of education beyond two years (total semester hours minus 60) by 60. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.). (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR I have the experience as described in A AND the education described in B. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) GS-04: Specialized Experience: One year of general experience. General experience is progressively responsible clerical, office, or other work that indicates my ability to acquire the particular knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of the position to be filled, such as, utilizing automated software systems, organizing documents and files, or using medical terminology to maintain medical records. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-03). OR I have successfully completed two years of education above the high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR I have the general experience as described in A, but less than one year; and I have some education above the high school level but less than required in B. I have computed the percentage of the requirements that I meet, and the total is at least 100% (To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then, divide your semester hours of education by 60. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.). (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR I have the experience as described in A AND the education described in B. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts. *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,CPC-P, or CPC-A.*

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address JT-DHA-DD83DW DHA STAND-ALONE MKT-TWENTYNINE PALMS DO NOT USE Twentynine Palms, CA 92278 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk