Emergency Department Medical Coder

Job Summary

To ensure accurate coding and compliance, the full-time remote Facility-Fee Emergency Department Medical Coder will review clinical documentation and assign ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS codes for emergency department encounters while adhering to client-specific guidelines and industry standards.

Key responsibilities

• Review emergency department medical records to assign accurate ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes, CPT/HCPCS procedure codes, and applicable modifiers
• Accurately assign facility Evaluation and Management (E/M) levels based on client-specific guidelines and facility charging methodologies
• Analyze documentation from various clinical sources to ensure complete code assignment and charge capture

Required qualifications

• At least 2+ years of relevant facility-fee outpatient coding experience in Emergency Department services, including injection and infusion experience
• Active AAPC or AHIMA coding certification required
• Proven ability to work independently and efficiently in a remote environment
• Epic experience strongly preferred
• Other facility-fee and physician-fee medical coding experience is a plus