Outpatient Medical Coder – Remote-Ready

UT Southwestern Medical Center; Dallas (TX); Sur place; USD 65 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

PPO medical plan

Paid Time Off

Retirement programs

Parental leave

Wellness programs

Tuition reimbursement

PSLF eligible

Résumé du poste

UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas seeks an experienced healthcare coder to perform retrospective outpatient coding using ICD-10-CM and CPT, ensuring adherence to Official Coding Guidelines and billing accuracy. The role emphasizes precise data abstraction and querying when documentation is unclear.

Ideal candidates have at least 3 years of acute hospital coding experience and hold RHIA, RHIT, CCS, COC, CPC, CPC-H, CIRCC, or equivalent credentials.

Qualifications

• Required Education: High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Experience: 3 years of acute hospital based coding experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Licenses and Certifications: (RHIA) REGD HEALTH INFO ADMINIST or (RHIT) REGD HEALTH INFO TECHNOLO or (CCS) CERT CODING SPECIALIST or (COC) Certified Outpatient Coding or (CPC) CERT PROFESSIONAL CODER or AAPC Certified Professional Coder-Hospital (CPC-H) or (CIRCC) Cert Inter Rad Cardio Coder
• Preferred Education: Associate's Degree in Health Information Management and/or closely related field or Bachelor's Degree in Health Information Management and/or closely related field
• Experience: Experience working in a remote environment preferred; required for PRN Coders.

Responsabilités

• Responsible for coding retrospective outpatient accounts using ICD-10 CM and CPT, in compliance with the Official Coding Guidelines and conventions.
• Accurately identifies most appropriate Reason for Visit, First Listed (Primary) Diagnosis, Procedure(s), Modifiers, and all secondary diagnoses to accurately 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. Recommends actions when documentation is missing or incomplete.
• Maintains the Quality and Productivity Standards set by UTSW/HIM Coding.

Connaissances

ICD-10-CM CPT

Coding accuracy

Query management

Mentoring

Formation

Associate's or Bachelor's in Health Information Management

RHIA/RHIT/CCS/COC/CPC/CPC-H/CIRCC licenses

Description du poste

UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas seeks an experienced healthcare coder to perform retrospective outpatient coding using ICD-10-CM and CPT, ensuring adherence to Official Coding Guidelines and billing accuracy. The role emphasizes precise data abstraction and querying when documentation is unclear.

Ideal candidates have at least 3 years of acute hospital coding experience and hold RHIA, RHIT, CCS, COC, CPC, CPC-H, CIRCC, or equivalent credentials.