Professional Coder - Maternal-Fetal Medicine

OU Health; Missouri; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

401(k)

Medical insurance

Dental plan

Job summary

OU Health in Missouri is seeking a Maternal Fetal Medicine Professional Coder to perform complex professional coding across clinic, hospital outpatient, ED, ASC, SNF, and telehealth settings. The role requires advanced ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS coding and strong payer policy interpretation to support compliant reimbursement.

Applicants should have CPC or CCS-P certification and at least 3 years of physician coding experience; a High School diploma is required.

Qualifications

• Proficient in ICD-10-CM, CPT and HCPCS with accurate E/M coding.
• Experience interpreting payer policies and applying coding guidelines.
• Strong documentation review and denial-prevention skills.

Responsibilities

• Code complex professional encounters across office, hospital, ED, ASC, SNF and telehealth.
• Ensure proper sequencing, modifiers, and E/M level selection.
• Resolve edits/denials; support rebilling actions when needed.
• Apply payer policies, NCCI concepts, and telehealth rules.
• Provide real-time guidance to peers and share best practices.
• Participate in quality reviews and education initiatives.
• Work with Epic queues and encoder tools to review documentation.
• Identify documentation improvement opportunities and support queries.

Skills

ICD-10-CM

CPT coding

HCPCS

E/M coding

Payer policy interpretation

Documentation review

Query support

Education

High School diploma or GED

CPC or CCS-P certification

Tools

Epic

Encoder tools

Job description

Overview

Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) Professional Coder position responsible for complex professional coding across multiple settings, including office/clinic, hospital outpatient, ED/urgent care, ASC, SNF/nursing home, and telehealth. Applies advanced coding judgment, payer policy interpretation, and documentation standards to support compliant reimbursement, wRVU integrity, and audit defensibility in an academic and research enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Code complex professional encounters and procedures; ensure correct sequencing, modifiers, E/M level selection, and documentation alignment. Advanced expertise in ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, and modifiers; strong E/M coding proficiency and payer policy interpretation.
• Resolve coding-related edits and denials by identifying root cause, coordinating documentation clarification, and supporting rebilling actions as applicable.
• Apply payer medical policies, NCCI concepts, global service considerations, and telehealth coding rules as relevant to professional fee claims.
• Provide real-time guidance to peers on standard coding scenarios; promote consistency through best-practice sharing.
• Participate in internal quality review programs and implement education/corrective actions based on findings.
• Proficiency in Epic professional coding work queues and encoder tools; ability to efficiently review documentation in the EHR across settings.
• Analytical problem solving for denial/edits prevention; ability to identify documentation improvement opportunities and support compliant query workflows.
• Working knowledge of risk adjustment concepts and HCC validation where applicable to supported populations.

General Job Duties

• Performs other duties as assigned

Education and Experience

Education: High School diploma or GED required.

Experience: At least 3 years of experience in physician/provider coding required.

Certification/License/Registration: CPC or CCS-P required

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