Oklahoma Licensed Surgical Coder

Job Summary

Working remotely as a full-time Professional Surgical Coder, the candidate will manage advanced specialty coding for complex surgical encounters, ensuring coding accuracy, compliance, and optimal reimbursement while collaborating with operational stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Codes complex specialty surgical encounters and interprets operative reports to assign accurate procedure codes
• Partners with coding teams to resolve complex coding issues and explains coding rationale to stakeholders
• Applies expert judgment to resolve ambiguous coding scenarios and drives consistency in coding practices

Required qualifications

• Two years of coding experience
• High School Diploma or GED
• Certification from AHIMA (RHIA, RHIT, CCS) or AAPC (CPC, CIC, COC)
• Experience in applying advanced specialty coding principles and modifier logic
• Preferred experience in surgical CPT coding