Remote ED Coder – Precision Medical Coding & Audits

Cognizant; Salt Lake City (UT); Remote; USD 63,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an Emergency Department Coder to ensure accuracy, quality, and compliance of medical coding across outpatient service settings. You will collaborate with physicians, coders, and operational stakeholders to support regulatory compliance and revenue cycle excellence.

Remote work is available, with a focus on maintaining a minimum 98% coding accuracy while meeting productivity goals. Candidates should hold CPC or CCS certification and have experience coding and auditing ED,

Qualifications

• Certified coding credentials (CPC/CCS) required.
• Experience coding and auditing outpatient, observation, ED and diagnostic encounters.
• Strong knowledge of ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS and regulations.
• Experience using electronic encoder applications and healthcare coding systems.

Responsibilities

• Review clinical documentation and assign diagnosis and procedure codes for outpatient, observation, ED and diagnostic encounters.
• Communicate with physicians and staff to clarify diagnoses/procedures via coding queries.
• Use encoder tools to assign codes per company policies and regulatory guidelines.
• Perform peer reviews and quality audits to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Prepare and deliver coding audit reports and recommendations to leadership.
• Maintain at least 98% coding accuracy while meeting productivity standards.

Skills

CPC Certification

CCS Certification

Medical Coding

ICD-10-CM/CPT/HCPCS

Auditing Experience

Tools

Encoder software

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an Emergency Department Coder to ensure accuracy, quality, and compliance of medical coding across outpatient service settings. You will collaborate with physicians, coders, and operational stakeholders to support regulatory compliance and revenue cycle excellence.

Remote work is available, with a focus on maintaining a minimum 98% coding accuracy while meeting productivity goals. Candidates should hold CPC or CCS certification and have experience coding and auditing ED,