Remote Emergency Department Coder & Quality Auditor

Cognizant; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 63,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive program

Remote work

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an Emergency Department Coder to ensure accurate, compliant medical coding across care settings. You will work with documentation, physicians, and HIM teams to support revenue cycle excellence in a fully remote role.

Responsibilities include reviewing documentation, querying clinicians for clarification, applying coding tools, and completing audits to sustain a 98% accuracy rate while achieving productivity goals.

Qualifications

• Certified coding certification (CPC/CCS) or equivalent is required.
• Experience coding and auditing outpatient, observation, ED and outpatient encounters.
• Strong knowledge of ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS and regulatory guidelines.
• Experience using electronic encoder applications and coding systems.
• Ability to interpret complex clinical documentation and communicate with physicians on queries.
• Proven ability to meet productivity goals with ≥98% accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Review clinical documentation and assign diagnosis and procedure codes for outpatient surgery, observation, ED and outpatient encounters.
• Communicate with physicians to obtain clarification on diagnoses and procedures via coding queries.
• Use encoder tools to assign codes in line with policies and guidelines.
• Perform coding quality audits and peer reviews to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Prepare audit reports, findings and recommendations for leadership.
• Maintain a minimum coding accuracy rate of 98% while meeting productivity standards.

Skills

Medical coding

Auditing

Communication with physicians

Regulatory compliance

Education

CPC/CCS certification

Tools

Electronic encoder

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an Emergency Department Coder to ensure accurate, compliant medical coding across care settings. You will work with documentation, physicians, and HIM teams to support revenue cycle excellence in a fully remote role.

Responsibilities include reviewing documentation, querying clinicians for clarification, applying coding tools, and completing audits to sustain a 98% accuracy rate while achieving productivity goals.