ED Physician Coder - ICD/CPT Specialist

DaMar Staffing; Allentown (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's University Health Network is seeking a Physician Coder to code and abstract physician services in the hospital setting, ensuring data quality and compliance with guidelines.

You will work with Medical Records, Finance, and Physician Billing to ensure flow of information, perform data entry into databases, and conduct educational sessions for the medical staff.

RHIA, RHIT, CPC, or CCS-P credentials and 1–3 years of experience in CPT/HCPCS coding are required.

Qualifications

• RHIA, RHIT, CPC, OR CCS-P with working knowledge of ICD-9/ICD-10, CPT and HCPCS coding required.

Responsibilities

• Codes and abstracts professional fee hospital services performed by SLPG physicians from medical records according to ICD-9/ICD-10, CPT-4, HCPCS II, and CMS guidelines.
• Utilizes 3M Encoder for validation of RVUs and CPT-4 procedure unbundling.
• Maintains a 95% coding accuracy rate as measured through quality reviews.
• Maintains daily productivity as outlined.
• Responsible for maintaining up-to-date knowledge of coding guidelines as they relate to physician services for hospital inpatient, observation, consultant, surgical, critical care, and E & M services.
• Performs data entry of abstracted physician information into specialty- specific databases.
• Conducts educational sessions to the medical staff for coding and documentation compliance.

Skills

Medical coding

Data entry

Education/presentation

Education

RHIA

RHIT

CPC

CCS-P

Tools

3M Encoder

Job description

St. Luke's University Health Network is seeking a Physician Coder to code and abstract physician services in the hospital setting, ensuring data quality and compliance with guidelines.

You will work with Medical Records, Finance, and Physician Billing to ensure flow of information, perform data entry into databases, and conduct educational sessions for the medical staff.

RHIA, RHIT, CPC, or CCS-P credentials and 1–3 years of experience in CPT/HCPCS coding are required.