Hospital Physician Coder – ICD-10/CPT Expert

St. Luke's College of Health Sciences; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's University Health Network seeks a Physician Coder to code and abstract physician services in a hospital setting, ensuring data quality and compliance with CMS CMS directives. The role collaborates with Medical Records, Finance, and Physician Billing to ensure accurate information flow.

Required credentials include RHIA, RHIT, CPC, CCS-P or eligibility, with credentialing to be completed within one year of hire. Minimum 1–3 years CPT/HCPCS coding experience is expected.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1–3 years experience in CPT/HCPCS physician procedural coding.
• Working knowledge of ICD-9, ICD-10, CPT and HCPCS coding is required.
• RHIA, RHIT, CPC, CCS-P eligible or credential-eligible at hire must obtain AHIMA/AAPC credential within 1 year of hire.

Responsibilities

• Codes and abstracts professional fee hospital services using ICD-9/ICD-10, CPT-4, HCPCS II and CMS guidelines.
• Maintain 95% coding accuracy as measured by quality reviews.
• Maintain daily productivity as outlined.
• Stay current with coding guidelines for hospital inpatient, observation, consultant, surgical, critical care, and E&M services.
• Enter abstracted physician information into specialty databases.
• Conduct educational sessions with medical staff on coding and documentation compliance.

Skills

Data entry

Coding accuracy

Education

RHIA

RHIT

CPC

CCS-P

CCS

Tools

3M Encoder

Job description

St. Luke's University Health Network seeks a Physician Coder to code and abstract physician services in a hospital setting, ensuring data quality and compliance with CMS CMS directives. The role collaborates with Medical Records, Finance, and Physician Billing to ensure accurate information flow.

Required credentials include RHIA, RHIT, CPC, CCS-P or eligibility, with credentialing to be completed within one year of hire. Minimum 1–3 years CPT/HCPCS coding experience is expected.