Certified Outpatient Coder Featured

Columbus Regional Health; United States; Remote; USD 34,000 - 52,000; Part time

Job summary

Columbus Regional Health is seeking a Part-Time Remote Coding Specialist to handle hospital outpatient and professional service coding for Part B. You will assign ICD-10-CM, HCPCS, CPT codes and modifiers, reviewing charts and billing edits to ensure accuracy.

Collaboration with ancillary departments is required to ensure precise diagnoses and charges. Qualified candidates will have an HIT degree, HIM certification or coding program cert, and experience with coding manuals or encoder systems.

Qualifications

• Proficient in outpatient and professional coding for Part B services.
• Experience with encoder or official coding manuals.
• Ability to review charts and correct charge session information.
• Strong reading and interpretation of medical records.
• Communicate with Ancillary Departments to ensure data accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Code hospital outpatient and profee visits using encoder or official coding manuals.
• Apply ICD-10-CM, HCPCS, CPT and modifiers for Part B services for hospital outpatient and profee.
• Review work lists/queues to identify charts to code and correct prebill/postbill edits.
• Read and interpret medical records to perform coding and corrections to claims.
• Communicate with Ancillary Departments to ensure timely and accurate data delivery.

Skills

ICD-10-CM coding

HCPCS/CPT coding

Medical record review

Interdepartmental communication

Education

Associate’s Degree in Health Information Technology

Bachelor’s Degree in Health Information Administration

Coding program certificate

Equivalent healthcare degree/experience

Job description

Location: Columbus Regional Hospital

Dept: CRHP Coding_CRH

Category: NON-CLINICAL

PART TIME B, Days, 20.00 hours

Work Setting: Remote

Requisition # 303

Posted November 10, 2026

Hours per Week: 20.00 —- Shift Hours: Flex

Additional details about schedule: [flexible schedule]

What you need to know about this position:

• Responsible for coding hospital outpatient and profee visits using the encoder or official coding manuals.
• Utilizes and assigns appropriate ICD-10-CM, HCPCS, CPT and modifiers for Part B services for hospital outpatient and profee.
• Utilizes work list/queues to obtain a list of charts to be coded. Work and review prebill and post bill claim edits and make the required corrections to the charge session information.
• Identifies, reads, and comprehends the content of the medical record to sufficiently analyze and perform coding and corrections to the claim edits.
• Communicate with Ancillary Departments to ensure that the diagnosis, charges and demographic information are specific, legible, appropriate, and is received in a timely manner.

What is required for this position:

One of the following will be required

• Associate’s Degree from a Health Information Technology Program
• Bachelor’s Degree from Health Information Administration Program
• Certificate from a coding program
• Equivalent combination of a healthcare related degree and experience

A score of 75% or higher on the Outpatient Coding Assessment Tool is required to qualify for interview

Certification in one of the following within 12 months of hire required

• Certified Coding Specialist (CCS)
• Certified Coding Specialist – Physician Based (CCS-P)
• Certified Outpatient Coder (COC)
• Certified Professional Coder (CPC)
• Certified Inpatient Coder (CIC)

Ability to read, analyze and interpret documents such as professional journals, technical procedures, governmental regulations, coding educational materials, CPT assistant publications and Coding Clinic periodicals

Prior physician office coding experience preferred