Medical Coder III — Remote-Eligible with Tuition Reimbursement

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare: PPO medical plan, day one

On-site childcare

Paid Time Off: available day one

Retirement Programs through TRS

Paid Parental Leave Benefit

Wellness programs

Tuition Reimbursement

PSLF Qualified Employer

Job summary

UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas seeks a seasoned health information coder to code retrospective outpatient accounts using ICD-10-CM and CPT, ensuring medical necessity and proper documentation per guidelines.

The role requires 3 years of acute-hospital coding experience and professional certifications (RHIA, RHIT, CCS, COC, CPC, CPC-H, CIRCC). You will mentor others, review denial queues, and maintain high quality standards while supporting enterprise-wide HIM objectives.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 3 years of acute hospital-based coding experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Code retrospective outpatient accounts using ICD-10 CM and CPT, in compliance with the Official Coding Guidelines and conventions.
• Identify most appropriate Reason for Visit, First Listed (Primary) Diagnosis, Procedure(s), Modifiers, and all secondary diagnoses to support medical necessity (LCD/NCD edits) and CCI edits.
• Accurately abstracts required data elements including discharge disposition, discharge destination, procedure dates and physician(s), Occurrence Codes, and other designated data.
• May be assigned to review accounts in the denials work queues and make recommendations to the Coding Manager.
• Identifies when a physician query is appropriate for further clarification. b) Recognizes when the documentation is missing or incomplete and routes appropriately.
• Validates chargemaster driven CPT code assignment and routes appropriately.
• Completes review and final coding when query and/or documentation is available.
• Mentor/train on designated coding service lines as requested to ensure quality.

Education

RHIA (Registered Health Info Administ)

RHIT (Registered Health Info Tech)

CCS (Certified Coding Specialist)

COC (Certified Outpatient Coding)

CPC (Certified Professional Coder)

CPC-H (CPC-H)

CIRCC (Certified Inter Radi Cardio Coder)

Job description

UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas seeks a seasoned health information coder to code retrospective outpatient accounts using ICD-10-CM and CPT, ensuring medical necessity and proper documentation per guidelines.

The role requires 3 years of acute-hospital coding experience and professional certifications (RHIA, RHIT, CCS, COC, CPC, CPC-H, CIRCC). You will mentor others, review denial queues, and maintain high quality standards while supporting enterprise-wide HIM objectives.