Certified Outpatient Coder II: Precision in Billing & Care

DaMar Staffing; Farmington (CT); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Hartford HealthCare is seeking a Coding Specialist to review and validate outpatient and professional clinical documentation. You will extract data and assign alpha-numeric codes for billing, reporting, and regulatory compliance.

The role requires strong knowledge of anatomy and disease processes, with coding using CAC/encoder tools and coding manuals. You will work as part of the System Support Office to support system-wide reporting and reimbursement.

Responsibilities

• Applies anatomy, physiology, disease processes, pharmacology, and coding terminology to assign diagnosis and procedure codes.
• Analyzes medical records, interprets documentation, and assigns ICD-10-CM, CPT/HCPCS codes, modifiers, and E/M codes using coding software.
• Enters charges for procedures not coded as instructed for certain patient types.
• Adheres to department coding/charging procedures, policies, guidelines and quality standards.
• Completes daily cases using appropriate work lists.
• Codes complex accounts across services including Professional Specialty, Emergency, Observation, Same day surgery, Pain Clinic, Infusion, Electrophysiology, Cardiac Catheterizations, LifeStar, Orthopedic, Critical Care.

Job description

Hartford HealthCare is seeking a Coding Specialist to review and validate outpatient and professional clinical documentation. You will extract data and assign alpha-numeric codes for billing, reporting, and regulatory compliance.

The role requires strong knowledge of anatomy and disease processes, with coding using CAC/encoder tools and coding manuals. You will work as part of the System Support Office to support system-wide reporting and reimbursement.