Alyssa Mueller
Murphysboro
Summary
RHIT with 10 years of Inpatient coding experience.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Remote Inpatient Coder
Omega Healthcare
10.2021 - Current
- Code various service lines for client's twelve hospitals
- Collaborate with CDI team to ensure accurate documentation and proper DRG assignment
- Monitor and complete aging accounts daily from client's departmental Excel spreadsheet
- Serve as lead coder and train new coders on client's system and coding procedures
- Navigate client's internal SharePoint library to ensure coding adherence to current internal guidelines and instruction
- Generate concise and effective coding queries
- Maintain and exceed national and internal standards for coding accuracy and productivity
Remote Inpatient Coder-PRN
BJC Healthcare
10.2023 - 10.2024
- Coded various service lines for healthcare organization's multiple facilities (including Trauma Level 1 teaching hospital)
- Communicated promptly and effectively with CDI team to discuss and resolve accounts held due to working and final DRG discrepancies
- Generated effective and compliant coding queries
- Resourcefully accessed internal SharePoint library's education material to aid in daily operations while also furthering coding knowledge
Remote Inpatient Coder
Southern Illinois Healthcare
06.2015 - 09.2021
- Coded multiple service lines (General Medicine, Trauma Level II, Surgery, Interventional Radiology, Cardiovascular surgery, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Labor and Delivery, Pediatrics, NICU, Acute Rehabilitation, Swingbed, Hospice) for healthcare system's 3 facilities
- Presented/participated in department's process improvement meetings
- Monitored timely filing reports to ensure prompt coding of aging accounts
- Analyzed and resolved RAC audits and other payor claim denials
- Collaborated with CDI team to ensure proper documentation to maximize reimbursement
- Generated concise and effective coding queries
- Communicated effectively with physicians, fellow employees, and other departments
- Maintained national standards for coding accuracy and internal productivity standards
Remote Emergency Department Coder
Southern Illinois Healthcare
03.2014 - 06.2015
- Coded ED accounts for healthcare system's 3 facilities-(Level II Trauma center, 114 bed inpatient/outpatient facility, 25 bed critical access hospital)
- Delivered process improvement presentations to system's top administrators
- Answered coding hotline to assist pre-registration department with coding questions
- Monitored timely filing reports to ensure prompt coding of aging accounts
- Assisted on other work queues as needed (laboratory, imaging)
- Maintained national standards for coding accuracy and internal productivity standards
Outpatient Coder
Memorial Hospital
11.2013 - 03.2014
- Coded ER and Ancillary accounts
- Conducted documentation studies to prepare facility for implementation of ICD-10
- Ensured medical necessity for services rendered and charged
- Answered direct coding phone line to assist other departments with coding related questions
- Collaborated with various departments to ensure accounts were ready for coding
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Health Information Technology
John A Logan College
Carterville, IL05.2014
Skills
- Epic
- 3M encoder
- 3M 360 Encompass
- ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS
- Microsoft Office Applications
- Training and mentoring
- Medical terminology
- Anatomy and Physiology
Credentials
RHIT
Timeline
Remote Inpatient Coder-PRN
BJC Healthcare
10.2023 - 10.2024
Remote Inpatient Coder
Omega Healthcare
10.2021 - Current
Remote Inpatient Coder
Southern Illinois Healthcare
06.2015 - 09.2021
Remote Emergency Department Coder
Southern Illinois Healthcare
03.2014 - 06.2015
Outpatient Coder
Memorial Hospital
11.2013 - 03.2014
Associate of Applied Science - Health Information Technology
John A Logan College
Similar Profiles
Janis BlountJanis Blount
Certified Medical Coder at Omega HealthcareCertified Medical Coder at Omega Healthcare
AKASH NAKASH N
SENIOR CLIENT PARTNER at OMEGA HEALTHCARESENIOR CLIENT PARTNER at OMEGA HEALTHCARE
R. MuruganR. Murugan
Quality Control Analyst at Omega HealthcareQuality Control Analyst at Omega Healthcare