Kentucky Licensed Gastro Coder

Job Summary

Supporting a large physician group, the part-time Kentucky Licensed Gastro Coder will assign accurate diagnostic and procedure codes for outpatient hospital professional accounts while telecommuting from anywhere within the U.S.

Key responsibilities

• Assigns CPT and ICD-10 codes to all Cardiology and Electro Physiology services based on clinical documentation
• Monitors assigned work queues to ensure timely charging and coding of records
• Generates coding queries for clarification on physician documentation as needed

Required qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED
• Professional coder certification from AHIMA and/or AAPC (CPC-A, RHIT, RHIA, CCA, CPC, COC, CPC-P, CCS)
• 5+ years of experience with cardiology coding using ICD-10 and CPT coding
• Intermediate proficiency with PCs in a Windows environment, including MS Excel and EMR systems