Professional Fee Hospitalist Coder - FT Only

e4health

United States

Remote

USD 80,000 - 110,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Medical, dental, vision, lifeinsurance

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Job summary

e4health seeks a Professional Fee Hospitalist Coder for a fully remote, full-time role. You will abstract and encode professional fee data following ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, and AMA E/M guidelines, ensuring high accuracy and productivity in a nationwide scope.

Candidates should have AHIMA/AAPC credentials and at least 3 years of US hospital medicine coding experience. Responsibilities include querying physicians for clarification, communicating with CDI and Revenue Cycle teams, and maintaining

Qualifications

AHIMA or AAPC credential is required.
Experience with profee Hospitalist coding including E/M and bedside CPT is required.
Experience with Cerner, Optum and Starr is preferred.
Minimum 3 years’ coding experience.
Minimum 3 years coding experience within the US is required.

Responsibilities

Assign ICD-10-CM, E/M, CPT, HCPCS codes and modifiers to professional fee accounts as per designated workflow.
Abstract and enter coded data and/or charges for physician statistical and reporting requirements.
May assign/validate professional fee level of service based on E/M Guidelines.
Query physicians to clarify conflicting, imprecise, incomplete, ambiguous information when appropriate.
Communicate documentation improvement opportunities and coding issues to appropriate personnel for follow up and resolution.
Communicate with CDI and Revenue Cycle teams for follow up and reconciliation of accounts.
Maintain required productivity and quality requirements.

Skills

Profee Hospitalist coding

E/M coding

Bedside CPT coding

US coding experience

Analytical skills

Education

AHIMA or AAPC credential

Tools

Cerner

Optum

Starr

Job description

Professional Fee Hospitalist Coder - FT Only

Fully Remote • Remote Worker - N/A

Description

About e4health

At e4health, our vision is to Empower Better Health for our clients, our team, and the communities we serve. We live by five core values that guide everything we do:

Embrace Change, Fun, and Learning: We maintain an unrelenting focus on quality, client success, and team member growth.

Our PEOPLE Make the Difference: We build trusted relationships and celebrate wins every day.

WE GROW: We believe in win/win outcomes—when our customers win, we win.

GSD (Get Stuff Done): We say no to politics, drama, and egos, and yes to informed, agile decisions.

Respectfully Listen, Challenge, & Support Each Other: We listen intently, challenge respectfully, and support fully.

Serving more than 400 hospitals and health systems nationwide for nearly two decades, e4health provides solutions to tackle the toughest problems in healthcare with unmatched technology, mid-revenue cycle, and operational expertise. Our solutions streamline clinical, financial, and health information workflows, optimize coding, quality, and clinical documentation integrity processes, and address health IT operational challenges to deliver material results for healthcare organizations across the country. Learn more about us at www.e4.health.

POSITION TITLE:

Professional Fee Coder

ROLE TYPE:

Full Time Only

EMPLOYMENT TYPE:

Non-Exempt

JOB SUMMARY:

The Professional Fee Coder is responsible for accurately abstracting data into appropriate client electronic medical record systems, following the Official ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS Guidelines for Coding, AMA CPT Guidelines, Evaluation and Management Guidelines, and CMS directives. Performs data entry of required abstracted patient information into the client’s information system. Queries physicians when appropriate and interact with Clinical Documentation staff as per account requirements. Maintains consistent coding accuracy rate of 95% or better while also meeting productivity standards.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Assigns appropriate ICD-10-CM, E/M, CPT, HCPCS codes and modifiers to professional fee accounts as per designated workflow

Abstracts and enters coded data and/or charges for physician statistical and reporting requirements

May assign/validate professional fee level of service based upon either 95 or 97 Evaluation and Management Guidelines

Queries physicians to clarify conflicting, imprecise, incomplete, ambiguous, and/or inconsistent clinical information when appropriate

Communicates documentation improvement opportunities and coding issues to appropriate personnel for follow up and resolution

Communicates with Clinical Documentation Improvement and/or Revenue Cycle teams for follow up and reconciliation of accounts

Maintains required productivity and quality requirements

BENEFITS:

We offer an excellent salary, full benefits package including 401(k) with company match, medical, dental, vision, life, short/long term disability insurance, and PTO policy.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

This role requires prolonged periods of desk working on a computer

Talking, hearing, and near vision are required to perform computer-based tasks and virtual communications

Sensory perception (visual, auditory, and tactile) is essential for computer and phone use

WORKING CONDITIONS WHILE PERFORMING ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

This is a remote role; work is performed in a home office environment.

e4health is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected category.

Applicants for U.S. based positions with e4health must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Requirements

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: