Physician Coding Specialist: Elevate Hospital Data

St. Luke’s University Health Network; Allentown (Lehigh County); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's University Health Network in Allentown seeks an experienced Physician Coder to code and abstract professional fee hospital services. You will work with Medical Records, Finance and Physician Billing to ensure accurate data flow and quarterly quality reviews.

Responsibilities include coding inpatient, outpatient and E&M services, maintaining up-to-date guidelines, and providing education sessions to clinical staff on coding and documentation compliance.

Qualifications

• RHIA/RHIT/CPC/CCS-P with working knowledge of ICD-9/ICD-10, CPT and HCPCS coding.
• Minimum 1-3 years experience in CPT/HCPCS physician procedural coding.
• Experience with computerized patient records and coding systems preferred.

Responsibilities

• Code and abstract professional fee hospital services for SLPG physicians from medical records using ICD-9/ICD-10, CPT-4, HCPCS II and CMS guidelines.
• Ensure data quality with quarterly reviews and maintain coding accuracy above 95%.
• Enter abstracted physician information into specialty databases and support billing workflows.
• Conduct coding education sessions for medical staff to ensure documentation compliance.

Skills

CPT/HCPCS coding

Data entry

Educational sessions

Education

RHIA

RHIT

CPC

CCS-P

Tools

3M Encoder

Job description

St. Luke's University Health Network in Allentown seeks an experienced Physician Coder to code and abstract professional fee hospital services. You will work with Medical Records, Finance and Physician Billing to ensure accurate data flow and quarterly quality reviews.

Responsibilities include coding inpatient, outpatient and E&M services, maintaining up-to-date guidelines, and providing education sessions to clinical staff on coding and documentation compliance.