Outpatient Coding Specialist (Per Diem) – CCS/RHIT Eligible

Mount Sinai Medical Center; Miami Beach (FL); On-site; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life insurance

Long‑term disability coverage

Healthcare spending accounts

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Pet Insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Employee assistance program

Wellness program

On-site housing for select positions

Job summary

Mount Sinai Medical Center in Florida is seeking a Coding Outpatient Specialist (Per Diem) to support outpatient services including clinics, same-day surgeries, oncology, and wound care. Accurate ICD-10-CM and CPT coding with high accuracy is essential for proper reimbursement and CMS compliance.

The role emphasizes flexible workload management, timely documentation, and ongoing compliance updates, while contributing to revenue cycle performance and patient data integrity.

Qualifications

• Associates degree in HIM or completion of Coding Specialist Program or equivalent work experience.
• Experience in ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 coding required.
• Florida residency required for the role.

Responsibilities

• Performs coding and abstracting on outpatient medical records by selecting and documenting ICD-10-CM diagnoses and CPT procedure codes.
• Assigns correct CM diagnoses and CPT with coding accuracy rate of 95% or greater.
• Abstracts coding and clinical data (e.g., discharge disposition, discharge date, patient type) with 95%+ accuracy.
• Codes/outcodes 24 outpatient diagnostic/Breast Center records per hour.
• Codes 12 emergency department records per hour.
• Codes 24 PHP & Outpatient Rehab records per hour.
• Manages EPIC dashboard queues and responds within required timeframes.
• Maintains current coding credentials by annual AHIMA compliance proof.
• Completes 30 hours of continued education annually.
• Queries physicians and supervises for compliance, reviewing charts for complications.
• Daily verification of records received and notes added to Accounts for all charts.

Skills

ICD-10-CM coding

CPT-4 coding

Medical record abstraction

EPIC

Education

Associates degree in Health Information Management

Coding Specialist Program

Tools

EPIC

Job description

Mount Sinai Medical Center in Florida is seeking a Coding Outpatient Specialist (Per Diem) to support outpatient services including clinics, same-day surgeries, oncology, and wound care. Accurate ICD-10-CM and CPT coding with high accuracy is essential for proper reimbursement and CMS compliance.

The role emphasizes flexible workload management, timely documentation, and ongoing compliance updates, while contributing to revenue cycle performance and patient data integrity.