Certified Coding Specialist, SGPA, Full-Time, Brunswick

Southeast Georgia Health System Inc / SGHS; Brunswick (GA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Southeast Georgia Health System Inc / SGHS seeks a skilled health information coder to join our Medical Records Department. You will identify and code patient discharges, ensuring accuracy and compliance with AHIMA, CMS and federal guidelines in a fast-paced hospital setting.

You will collaborate with ancillary departments, review physician queries, and monitor billing accounts to prevent delays. A high school diploma, plus 2 years acute care coding experience and credentials such as RHIA, RHIT,

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 2 years of acute care/hospital coding experience.

Responsibilities

• Identifies and codes all patient discharges, maintaining a high accuracy rate.
• Demonstrates understanding of policies, procedures and federal guidelines that apply to coding and related work in Medical Records.
• Monitors accounts not selected for billing to avoid delays in coding.
• Communicates current and revised coding changes to ancillary departments and Medical Staff.
• Accurately completes physician queries in accordance with AHIMA standards.
• Reviews CDI concurrent reviews prior to inpatient accounts release for billing.
• Reviews injection, infusion, OPS, and ER charges for accuracy while assigning codes for billing.
• Performs tasks within requirements of CMS and other regulatory agencies.

Job description

Job Category: Health Care

Requisition Number: CERTI004911

• Posted : September 28, 2026
• Full-Time
• On-site

Locations

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Description

Identifies and codes all patient discharges, maintaining a 96% accuracy rate.

Demonstrates understanding of policies, procedures and federal guidelines that apply directly to coding and other work performed in the Medical Records Department – Coding Clinics AHA and the CPT Assistant AMA

Effectively monitors the accounts not selected for billing report to avoid inappropriate delays in coding.

Effectively communicates current and revised coding changes and clarifications to ancillary departments and Medical Staff members.

Accurately completes physician queries in accordance to the AHIMA physician query standards

Reviews all CDI concurrent reviews prior to the release of inpatient accounts for billing.

Demonstrates the ability to review injection, infusion, OPS, and ER charges for accuracy while assigning codes for billing.

Performs these tasks within the requirements of the Centers of Medicaid & Medicare Services and other regulatory agencies.

Preferred

High school diploma2 years of acute care/hospital coding experienceCredentialed coding professional, RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CPC CCS-P

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