Emergency Department Coder

Job Summary

To support healthcare operations, the part-time Emergency Department Coder will accurately abstract and enter data into electronic medical record systems, ensuring compliance with coding guidelines while maintaining a coding accuracy rate of 95% or better in a fully remote environment.

Key responsibilities

• Assigns appropriate ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS codes to various accounts as per designated workflow
• Abstracts and enters coded data for hospital statistical and reporting requirements
• Queries physicians to clarify clinical information and communicates documentation improvement opportunities

Required qualifications

• Must possess an approved AHIMA or AAPC coding credential
• Experience with I&I coding is required
• Level 1 Trauma experience is necessary
• Minimum of 3 years of coding experience is required