This position is located in the Health Information Management (HIM) section at the Eastern Oklahoma VA Healthcare System. MRTs (Coder) are skilled in classifying medical data from patient health records in the hospital setting, and/or physician-based settings, such as physician offices, group practices, multi-specialty clinics, and specialty centers.
Tulsa (James Mountain Inhofe VAMC) - https://youtu.be/3fMEu0iS7_Q?si=Y5RtGcnKKbJGxxk6 Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System - Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System Major Duties and Responsibilities: Adheres to accepted coding practices, guidelines and conventions when choosing the most appropriate diagnosis, operation, procedure, ancillary, or evaluation and management (E/M) code to ensure ethical, accurate, and complete coding.
Adheres to the coding guidelines specific to the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA) program that categorizes all VA patients into specific classes representing their clinical conditions and resource needs. Monitors ever-changing regulatory and policy requirements affecting coded information for the full spectrum of services provided by the VAMC.
Timely compliance with coding changes is crucial to the accuracy of the facility database as well as all cost recovery programs. Performs a comprehensive review of the electronic health record to abstract medical, surgical, ancillary, demographic, social, and administrative data to ensure complete data capture.
Assists facility staff with documentation requirements to completely and accurately reflect the patient care provided; provides technical support in the areas of regulations and policy, coding requirements, resident supervision, reimbursement, workload, accepted nomenclature, and proper sequencing. Ensures provider documentation is complete and supports the diagnoses and procedures coded.
Directly consults with the professional staff for clarification of conflicting or ambiguous clinical data. Reports incorrect documentation or codes in the electronic patient record. Utilizes the facility computer system and software applications to correctly code, abstract, record, and transmit data to the national VA databases.
Corrects any identified data errors or inconsistencies in a timely manner to ensure acceptance in the national VA database within established timelines. Independently researches references to resolve any questionable code errors, contacts supervisor as appropriate. Perform other duties as assigned depending on grade level. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 to 4:30. Telework: Available Functional Statement #: 54175A, 54176A, 54177A, 54178A, 54179A
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This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $37193 – $72644/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-11-06.
This is a Monday - Friday 8:00 to 4:30 position.
This position is open under the 'Fed Competitive' hiring path.
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