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 &
- Documentation (Advanced): The ability to comprehend medical terminology and documentation in an office, or surgical setting.
- Compliance (Advanced): Understanding the rules, regulations, sanctions and other statutory requirements, guidelines and instructions relating to governing bodies and organizations, both internally and externally. Our professional administrative functions include critical supporting roles in information technology and informatics, finance, administration, legal and community affairs, human resources, communications and marketing, development, facilities, and many more. At our growing health system, we support each other and encourage excellence among all who are part of our workforce. High-achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt Health for professional growth, appreciation of benefits, and a sense of community and purpose.
- Core
- Accountabilities:
- Organizational
- Impact: Independently delivers on objectives with understanding of how they impact the results of own area/team and other related teams.
- Problem
- Solving/
- Complexity of work: Utilizes multiple sources of data to analyze and resolve complex problems; may take a new perspective on existing solution.
- Breadth of
- Knowledge: Has advanced knowledge within a professional area and basic knowledge across related areas.
- Team
- Interaction: Acts as a "go-to" resource for colleagues with less experience; may lead small project teams.
- Core
- Capabilities :
- Supporting
- Colleagues: -
- Develops
- Self and
- Others: Invests time, energy, and enthusiasm in developing self/others to help improve performance e and gain knowledge in new areas. -
- Builds and
- Maintains
- Relationships: Maintains regular contact with key colleagues and stakeholders using formal and informal opportunities to expand and strengthen relationships. -
- Communicates
- Effectively: Recognizes group interactions and modifies one's own communication style to suit different situations and audiences.
- Delivering
- Excellent
- Services: -
- Serves
- Others with
- Compassion: Seeks to understand current and future needs of relevant stakeholders and customizes services to better address them. -
- Solves
- Complex
- Problems: Approaches problems from different angles; Identifies new possibilities to interpret opportunities and develop concrete solutions. -
- Offers
- Meaningful
- Advice and
- Support: Provides ongoing support and coaching in a constructive manner to increase employees' effectiveness.
- Ensuring
- High
- Quality: -
- Performs
- Excellent
- Work: Engages regularly in formal and informal dialogue about quality; directly addresses quality issues promptly. -
- Ensures
- Continuous
- Improvement: Applies various learning experiences by looking beyond symptoms to uncover underlying causes of problems and identifies ways to resolve them. -
- Fulfills
- Safety and
- Regulatory
- Requirements: Understands all aspects of providing a safe environment and performs routine safety checks to prevent safety hazards from occurring.
- Managing
- Resources
- Effectively: -
- Demonstrates
- Accountability: Demonstrates a sense of ownership, focusing on and driving critical issues to closure. -
- Stewards
- Organizational
- Resources: Applies understanding of the departmental work to effectively manage resources for a department/area. -
- Makes
- Data
- Driven
- Decisions: Demonstrates strong understanding of the information or data to identify and elevate opportunities.
- Fostering
- Innovation: -
- Generates
- New
- Ideas: Proactively identifies new ideas/opportunities from multiple sources or methods to improve processes beyond conventional approaches. -
- Applies
- Technology: Demonstrates an enthusiasm for learning new technologies, tools, and procedures to address short-term challenges. -
- Adapts to
- Change: Views difficult situations and/or problems as opportunities for improvement; actively embraces change instead of emphasizing negative elements. Position Qualifications:
Responsibilities
Certifications: LIC-Licensed Discipline Specific - Licensure-Others Work Experience: Relevant Work Experience
Experience Level
- 4 years
- Education: High School Diploma or GED This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within Vanderbilt Health, supported by a comprehensive benefits package which may include health, disability, retirement and/or wellness offerings to enhance your well-being and professional growth. Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. EOE/Vets/Disabled.
