Texas Licensed Coder III

Job Summary

To support a dynamic healthcare environment, the full-time Texas Licensed Coder III will work remotely, focusing on accurately coding complex outpatient surgical accounts and ensuring compliance with coding guidelines.

Key responsibilities

• Assess health record documentation to identify primary and secondary diagnoses and procedures for proper coding
• Abstract and compile clinical data elements according to guidelines while maintaining production and accuracy metrics
• Communicate with physicians/surgeons to clarify ambiguous or unclear records for accurate coding and compliance

Required qualifications

• Associate's Degree in Health Information Management, Healthcare, Business, or related field, or a High School Diploma with 2 years of coding experience
• 3 years of acute care hospital outpatient surgical coding experience
• RHIA, RHIT, CCS, COC, CPC, or equivalent certification required upon hire
• Experience with specialty/complex acute care outpatient surgical coding preferred
• Proficiency in coding and EHR software, with expert knowledge of ICD-10-CM and CPT coding