Senior Cardiovascular & Interventional Radiology Coder

Saint Luke's Health System; Kansas City (MO); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint Luke’s Health System in Kansas City seeks a skilled medical coder specializing in Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology (CVIR). Expert in ICD-10-CM and CPT-4, with 3–5 years of acute care hospital coding experience.

This role emphasizes accuracy in diagnosing and coding CVIR procedures and collaborating with HIM, clinical staff, and management. The position requires focus on minimizing coding and billing errors, maintaining productivity standards, and keeping current with coding

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of applicable experience.
• Expert knowledge of medical and clinical terminology and disease processes related to CVIR.
• Experience in coding for an acute care hospital with CVIR procedures.

Responsibilities

• Assign accurate diagnosis and procedure codes.
• Reconcile charges and coding discrepancies between HIM and clinical departments.
• Communicate with peers, auditing staff, management and physicians verbally or written.
• Stay current with ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 guidelines.

Skills

Medical coding knowledge

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Tools

ICD-10-CM

CPT-4

Job description

Saint Luke’s Health System in Kansas City seeks a skilled medical coder specializing in Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology (CVIR). Expert in ICD-10-CM and CPT-4, with 3–5 years of acute care hospital coding experience.

This role emphasizes accuracy in diagnosing and coding CVIR procedures and collaborating with HIM, clinical staff, and management. The position requires focus on minimizing coding and billing errors, maintaining productivity standards, and keeping current with coding