Senior Medical Coding Specialist

Vanderbilt Health; Louisiana; Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Disability benefits

Retirement benefits

Wellness programs

Job summary

Vanderbilt Health in the Mid-South region seeks an experienced Medical Coder to review, assign, and abstract diagnostic and procedural codes for encounters across our network. You will work independently, support ongoing training, and help ensure regulatory compliance.

The role emphasizes resolving documentation gaps with clinicians through queries, serving as a subject matter expert, and contributing to high-quality data for patient care and reporting.

Qualifications

• Uses ICD-10-CM/PCS to assign diagnoses and procedures.
• Identifies documentation gaps and requests clarifications.
• Complies with regulatory coding guidelines.
• Supports ongoing staff training.

Responsibilities

• Organizes and prioritizes coding work to meet hospital targets.
• Assigns accurate diagnoses and procedures reflecting resource use.
• Raises coding queries to ensure precision.
• Acts as a clinical coding SME.

Skills

Medical coding

Regulatory compliance

Data quality

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

CPT/ICD-10 coding systems

EHR systems

Job description

Vanderbilt Health in the Mid-South region seeks an experienced Medical Coder to review, assign, and abstract diagnostic and procedural codes for encounters across our network. You will work independently, support ongoing training, and help ensure regulatory compliance.

The role emphasizes resolving documentation gaps with clinicians through queries, serving as a subject matter expert, and contributing to high-quality data for patient care and reporting.