Lead Coder

DaMar Staffing; Honesdale (Wayne County); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

DaMar Staffing is seeking a skilled Medical Coder to evaluate medical records, assign ICD-10 and CPT codes for inpatient and outpatient services, and ensure accuracy. This is a full-time, on-site role with collaboration across clinicians and revenue cycle teams to maximize compliant reimbursement.

The ideal candidate has hospital coding experience, AHIMA-certified training, and familiarity with Meditech or 3M coding systems, enabling effective education and ongoing coding guidance.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of ICD-10 and CPT coding principles per AHIMA competencies.
• 1+ year of coding experience in hospital/acute care facilities.
• Able to achieve acceptable accuracy on coding audits.
• AHIMA-approved coding certificate; RHIT or CCS preferred.
• Prior hospital coding experience required.
• Meditech experience preferred; 3M Coding & Reimbursement experience required.
• Extensive knowledge of medical records, anatomy, physiology, pathology, terminology, and coding classifications.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates medical records and assigns accurate ICD-10/CPT codes for inpatient and outpatient services.
• Ensures coding accuracy and quality standards with audits and pre-established metrics.
• Serves as liaison between clinicians and the coding staff and supports the revenue cycle.
• Supervises coding education and dissemination of current guidelines to staff.

Skills

ICD10 CPT coding principles

Coding audits accuracy

Medical records knowledge

Education

AHIMA-approved coding certificate

RHIT or CCS preferred

Tools

Meditech

3M Coding & Reimbursement

Job description

Description

Full-time - This is not a remote position.

Evaluates medical records, provides clinical abstracts and assigns appropriate clinical diagnosis and procedure codes for both inpatient and outpatient services in accordance with nationally recognized coding guidelines. Meets quality standards of having 95% of principal diagnoses and procedures correctly coded. Serves as a liaison between clinicians and the coding staff. Collaborates with all members of the revenue cycle to ensure data quality and optimum reimbursement allowable under the federal and state payment systems. Supervises the coding department in relation to the following: distribution of work assignments, dissemination of current coding guidelines and modern technology information, and provides relevant coding education to the coders, clinicians, and revenue cycle staff.

Minimum Requirements

• Knowledge and understanding of ICD10 and CPT coding principles as recommended by the American Health Information Management Association coding competencies.
• One or more years of experience providing coding services for a broad range of hospital and acute care facilities.
• Must be able to achieve an acceptable accuracy rate on the coding audits administered by the hiring facility according to pre-established company standards.
• Minimum of successful completion of a coding certificate program in a program with AHIMA approval status. RHIT or CCS preferred.
• Prior hospital coding experience required.
• Meditech experience preferred; 3M Coding and Reimbursement experience required.
• Extensive knowledge of medical records principles and practices, anatomy, physiology, pathology, medical terminology, standard nomenclature, and classification of diagnoses and operations.