Remote Outpatient Facility Coder — Contract

GHR Travel Nursing; Cullman (AL); Remote; USD 63,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with Matching

Healthcare

Dental and Vision

Job summary

GHR Travel Nursing seeks an experienced Outpatient Facility Coder for a fully remote 13-week contract in healthcare information management. You will code hospital outpatient encounters across emergency, observation, surgery, and diagnostics, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely account completion.

The role requires at least 1 year of acute-care outpatient coding, strong knowledge of ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS Level II, and NCCI edits, with Cerner workflows preferred.

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of recent acute-care hospital outpatient facility coding experience.
• Strong knowledge of ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS Level II, NCCI edits, medical necessity, and outpatient coding guidelines.
• Ability to independently code assigned outpatient services in a remote work environment.
• Familiarity with hospital outpatient reimbursement and healthcare compliance standards.
• Demonstrated ability to meet coding accuracy and productivity expectations.
• COC, CCS, RHIT, or RHIA credential preferred.
• Experience with Cerner-based workflows preferred; familiarity with Cerner CommunityWorks and Solventum Access HIM is helpful.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, written communication, and time-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Assign accurate ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS Level II codes for outpatient encounters.
• Review clinical documentation to verify codes are supported by the medical record.
• Apply current outpatient coding guidelines, NCCI edits, medical necessity requirements, and payer rules.
• Code and manage assigned outpatient work queues while meeting productivity and accuracy standards.
• Identify and resolve coding errors, incomplete documentation, and outstanding accounts; submit coding queries when appropriate.
• Support timely account completion and outpatient coding backlog reduction.
• Communicate coding questions, documentation deficiencies, and compliance concerns to HIM leadership.
• Participate in quality assurance activities, pre-bill review, and ongoing coding audits.
• Maintain consistent performance across applicable outpatient service lines (ED, observation, same-day surgery, diagnostics).

Skills

ICD-10-CM knowledge

CPT knowledge

HCPCS Level II

NCCI edits

Remote coding

Tools

Cerner workflows

Cerner CommunityWorks

Solventum Access HIM

Job description

GHR Travel Nursing seeks an experienced Outpatient Facility Coder for a fully remote 13-week contract in healthcare information management. You will code hospital outpatient encounters across emergency, observation, surgery, and diagnostics, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely account completion.

The role requires at least 1 year of acute-care outpatient coding, strong knowledge of ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS Level II, and NCCI edits, with Cerner workflows preferred.