Basic Qualifications:

Experience

Minimum seven (7) years of outpatient direct coding assignment and validation experience.

Education

Associates degree or completion of two (2) years of college level courses in health information, business administration, information systems, health care delivery or two (2) years of experience in a directly related field. High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.

License, Certification, Registration

Additional Requirements:

Demonstrated partnership with State Reporting Agencies.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).
Strong time management and analytical skills, Ability to meet deadlines.
Ability to develop and use spreadsheets (MS Excel).
Ability to write reports summarizing identified trends, analysis of findings and recommendations.
Ability to follow appropriate methodology, sample selections, basic interpretation of results and formulation of appropriate recommendations.
Must be self-driven and work very independently.
Working knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and pathophysiology.
Must have knowledge of oncology disease process, anatomy/physiology, pathology, and medical terminology.
Must have excellent organizational skills and investigative analytic skills with detail orientation.
Experience using Cancer Registry software system.
Demonstrated expertise in International Classification of Diseases for Oncology (ICD-O) in addition to (ICD-CM).
American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Staging Manual, Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER).
Knowledge of the Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards (FORDS) of the Commission on Cancer.

Preferred Qualifications:

Minimum seven (7) years work experience in an outpatient healthcare setting or completion of an accredited RHIT / RHIA program.
Minimum one (1) year experience directly supporting clinician training needs related to interpretation of documentation and coding guidelines including research, developing and delivering detailed examples in a positive and supportive manner.
Strongly prefer Credentialed as RHIA/RHIT through AHIMA.
Bachelors degree in related field.

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