Medical Coder II — ICD/HCPCS & Compliance

CommonSpirit Health; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 66,220,000 - 98,512,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health is seeking a skilled Coder to translate patient records into accurate CPT, ICD-9/10, and HCPCS codes, ensuring compliant documentation for claims. The role requires precise communication with providers and staff and timely entry into billing systems.

You will stay current with industry coding updates and regulations, review denials, and work coding queues to meet quality and production standards in a healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• Ability to abstract information from service documentation and assign CPT, ICD-9/10, and HCPCS codes.
• Communicate professionally with providers, practice management, and staff.
• Process coding work in queues in a timely manner.
• Meet or exceed coding production and quality standards.
• Stay current with coding updates and regulatory changes (NCCI, MUE).

Responsibilities

• Accurately abstracts information from the service documentation, assigns and sequences appropriate CPT, ICD-9/10, and HCPCS codes into the appropriate billing systems, ensuring compliance with established guidelines.
• Communicates professionally with providers, practice management, and other stake holders either verbally or in writing.
• Responsible for working encounters in the coding work queue or task lists in a timely manner.
• Meets or exceeds organizational coding production and quality standards.
• Understands and applies regulatory changes and stays current with coding updates, for example NCCI and MUE edits.
• Reviews and resolves coding denials.

Skills

CPT coding

ICD-9/10 coding

HCPCS coding

Communication with providers

Regulatory updates

Education

High School Diploma

High School GED

Certified Professional Coder

Certified Professional Coder Hospital Apprentice

Certified Professional Coder Apprentice

Job description

CommonSpirit Health is seeking a skilled Coder to translate patient records into accurate CPT, ICD-9/10, and HCPCS codes, ensuring compliant documentation for claims. The role requires precise communication with providers and staff and timely entry into billing systems.

You will stay current with industry coding updates and regulations, review denials, and work coding queues to meet quality and production standards in a healthcare setting.