Kelly Staup
Martinsburg,WV
Summary
Knowledgeable Inpatient Coder with 19 years of experience. Detailed knowledge of Coding Guidelines, documentation requirements, compliant query practices and Coding Clinic advisement.
Current job duties include inpatient, observation, outpatient surgeries and ancillary patient types but have focused mostly on inpatients the past 3 years while working more closely with CDI to review, assign codes and address queries to inpatient encounters concurrently while the patient is admitted.
Reviewed a handle full of denial letters over the years in assistance to coding management.
Assisted CDI with coding questions and documentation issues and concerns to improve coding accuracy.
Participated in mortality meetings with CDI, coding supervisors and physician advisor to assist with coding questions, concerns and documentation issues
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Inpatient Coder
Ensemble Health Partners
01.2023 - Current
*Assigns ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes to inpatient encounters in accordance with Official Coding Guidelines.
*Assigns ICD-10-CM and CPT codes to outpatient surgery, and ancillary encounters per Official Coding Guidelines.
*Works closely with CDI on inpatient encounters in real time while the patient is admitted, to address potential coding discrepancies within CDI and documentation discrepancies, address queries needs as they arise to be issued while the patient is still in-house, assist CDI with coding guidelines and documentation questions and issues.
*Participates in mortality meetings with coding supervisors, CDI and physician advisor to address general coding questions and concerns, clinical validation and mortality scoring.
*Assign coding queries as needed.
*Works coding edit error queues to resolve a variety of edits.
Inpatient Coder
Valley Health
09.2005 - 12.2022
*Assigns ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes to inpatient encounters in accordance with Official Coding Guidelines.
*Assigns ICD-10-CM and CPT codes to outpatient surgery, and ancillary encounters per Official Coding Guidelines.
*Works closely with CDI on inpatient encounters in real time while the patient is admitted, to address potential coding discrepancies within CDI and documentation discrepancies, address queries needs as they arise to be issued while the patient is still in-house, assist CDI with coding guidelines and documentation questions and issues.
*Participates in mortality meetings with coding supervisors, CDI and physician advisor to address general coding questions and concerns, clinical validation and mortality scoring.
*Assign coding queries as needed.
*Works coding edit error queues to resolve a variety of edits.
Education
Associate of Arts - Health Information Management
Hagerstown Business College
Hagerstown, MD04.2002
Skills
- Registered Health Information Technician
- Inpatient Coding Guidelines
- Inpatient Records Coding
- Great Communication with CDI
- 3M Encoder
- Computer-Assisted Coding
- ICD-10-CM Coding
- ICD-10-PCS Coding
- MS-DRG Classification
- Medical Record Review
- Certification Maintenance
- Problem-Solving
Certification
- RHIT - Registered Health Information Technician
Timeline
Inpatient Coder
Ensemble Health Partners
01.2023 - Current
Inpatient Coder
Valley Health
09.2005 - 12.2022
Associate of Arts - Health Information Management
Hagerstown Business College
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