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Fairview Range is hiring a Concurrent Inpatient Coding Specialist in Hibbing, MN (REMOTE).

As a Concurrent Inpatient Coding Specialist, you will apply the appropriate diagnostic and procedural codes to medical records for purposes of data retrieval, analysis and claims processing. The coding specialist is responsible for effectuating clinical documentation improvement by evaluating and assessing the specificity of documentation to adequately reflect patient severity, risk of morality and services rendered. The coding specialist interacts with providers and other professional caregivers daily to capture quality documentation. 

Schedule: This position will be a working full time, 80 hours per pay period. No weekends.

Internal posting through: 8/17/26

About Fairview Range

Fairview Range is an affiliate of M Health Fairview, a partnership of Fairview Health Services, the University of Minnesota, and M Physicians. Together, we offer access to breakthrough medical research and specialty expertise as part of a continuum of care that reaches all ages and health needs. The most comprehensive health care network in northeastern Minnesota, Fairview Range includes Fairview Range Medical Center, Fairview Mesaba Clinics (with locations in Hibbing, Nashwauk, and Mountain Iron), and Fairview Range Home Care and Hospice.

Apply today to join our 34,000+ employees and 5,000+ system providers working to build lasting relationships with the people we serve: our patients, our communities, and each other. 

As a Concurrent Inpatient Coding Specialist, you will:

• Facilitate clinical documentation improvement through extensive concurrent interaction with physicians, nurses, case management, other caregivers, and coding staff.
• Identify co-morbidities/complications through documentation review. 
• Work with the team to query medical staff and other caregivers as necessary to obtain accurate and complete physician documentation that supports the severity and specificity of the patient’s illness.
• Identify documentation trends and issues such as quality, appropriateness, completeness, and reimbursement issues and communicate these to providers/documentation team so that resolution can be made.
• Interact with hospital coding team as documentation issues and complex cases are identified through the process.
• Ensure physician documentation is provided to assure accurate and timely reporting of POA indicators
• May actively participate in preemptive audits for the RAC program.
• Keep abreast of coding guidelines and reimbursement reporting requirements. 
• Ensure strict confidentiality of financial and medical reports
• Attend coding conferences, workshops, and in-house sessions to receive updated coding information and changes in coding and/or regulations.
• Abide by the Standards of Ethical Coding as set forth by AHIMA and adheres to official coding guidelines.
• Initiate and participate in continuous quality improvement initiatives.  
• Ability to meet production standards as set by the department.
• Ability to maintain accuracy standards as set by the department.
• Perform other related duties as required. This list is not all-inclusive, and any other task or job may be assigned in the future.

Required Qualifications

• Coding Certification or Associate Degree in Health Information Management.
• 3 years of coding related experience such as coding, abstracting, DRG assignment, data quality in coding function, as required by position.
• Current AHIMA or AAPC accreditation

Preferred Qualifications

• RHIT or Bachelor’s Degree in a health related field such as Business Office or Health Information Management.
• 5 years of coding related experience such as coding, abstracting, APC assignment, data quality in coding function type as required by position.
• Experience in a variety of specialty coding areas and/or hold multiple credentials.
• Epic Certification in Resolute/HIM

Fairview Range offers a generous benefits package, including but not limited to medical, dental,vision, PTO and Sick and Safe Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement and more! Please follow this link for additional information: https://www.fairview.org/benefits/rangenoncontract