Medical Coding & Reimbursement Specialist

Shannon Medical Center; San Angelo (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Shannon Medical Center is seeking a Physician Coding Specialist to assign ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS codes based on patient records. You will open help tickets, query physicians, and ensure accurate charge capture within the Epic ecosystem.

Responsibilities include identifying principal diagnoses and procedures, auditing Locum Tenens and Level 5 services, maintaining productivity, and staying current with payer coding requirements and reimbursement changes.

Qualifications

• Identify principal diagnoses and procedures using ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS with appropriate modifiers.
• Audit Locum Tenens charges and Level 5 services for accuracy and compliance.
• Maintain knowledge of coding and reimbursement changes; regular training participation.

Responsibilities

• Identify principal diagnoses and procedures on patient records and code using ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS.
• Audit Locum Tenens charges and Level 5 services; open help tickets as needed.
• Maintain productivity and ensure timely processing of work queues.
• Clarify documentation with physicians via query process and communicate edits to Epic.

Skills

Medical coding

HIPAA compliance

Query resolution

Epic knowledge

Tools

3M Encoder

Codelink

Epic

Job description

Shannon Medical Center is seeking a Physician Coding Specialist to assign ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS codes based on patient records. You will open help tickets, query physicians, and ensure accurate charge capture within the Epic ecosystem.

Responsibilities include identifying principal diagnoses and procedures, auditing Locum Tenens and Level 5 services, maintaining productivity, and staying current with payer coding requirements and reimbursement changes.