Remote Medical Coder — Epic & ICD-10 Specialist

Genoa Telepsychiatry; Everett (WA); Remote; USD 28,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group, a global health services leader, seeks a Medical Coder to perform concurrent review of FFS coding rules within Epic, ensuring CPT and E/M codes are accurately coded and billed for maximum reimbursement and minimal denials.

Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8 AM-5 PM. Location: Remote Nationwide. Requires 1+ year of coding experience and CPC/AHIMA certification or equivalent. Comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities accompany this role.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Advanced knowledge of ICD-10-CM, CPT, modifiers and HCPCS.
• Strong medical terminology and anatomy knowledge.
• Certification from AAPC or AHIMA preferred (CPC, CCS, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Apply understanding of relevant medical coding subject areas to assign appropriate medical codes
• Apply understanding of basic anatomy and physiology to interpret clinical documentation and identify applicable medical codes
• Identify areas in clinical documentation that are unclear or incomplete and generate queries to obtain additional information
• Follow up with providers as necessary when responses to queries are not provided in a timely basis
• Utilize medical coding software programs or reference materials to identify appropriate codes
• Apply post-query response to make final determinations
• Apply relevant Medical Coding Reference, Federal, State, and Professional guidelines to assign and record independent medical code determinations
• Manage multiple work demands simultaneously to maintain relevant productivity and turnaround time standards for completing medical records
• Resolve medical coding edits or denials in relation to code assignment
• Provide information or respond to questions from medical coding quality audits
• Educate and mentor others to improve medical coding quality
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of the impact of coding decisions on revenue cycle
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

ICD-10-CM & CPT knowledge

Modifiers & HCPCS knowledge

Medical terminology

AAPC/AHIMA certification

Deadline-driven

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

Epic experience

Job description

UnitedHealth Group, a global health services leader, seeks a Medical Coder to perform concurrent review of FFS coding rules within Epic, ensuring CPT and E/M codes are accurately coded and billed for maximum reimbursement and minimal denials.

Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8 AM-5 PM. Location: Remote Nationwide. Requires 1+ year of coding experience and CPC/AHIMA certification or equivalent. Comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities accompany this role.