Emergency Department Medical Coder (Remote) (PA/NJ Residents ONLY)

St. Luke's University Health Network • Allentown, PA

3d • Remote

About The Position

The Physician Coder codes and abstracts physician services performed in the hospital setting in accordance with AHA and AMA guidelines and CMS directives. The role helps assure data quality through quarterly reviews, enters physician service statistics into specialty-specific databases, and works with Medical Records, Finance, and Physician Billing to support the appropriate flow of information. The position is remote and limited to residents of Pennsylvania or New Jersey.

The coder works with physician services across hospital inpatient, observation, consultant, surgical, critical care, and evaluation and management services. The role maintains a 95% coding accuracy rate through quality reviews and meets daily productivity expectations. It also includes providing coding and documentation compliance education to medical staff.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of ICD-9, ICD-10, CPT, and HCPCS coding.
• Minimum 1–3 years of experience in CPT/HCPCS physician procedural coding.
• Candidates who are RHIA-, RHIT-, CPC-, or CCS-P-eligible, or otherwise credential-eligible at hire, must obtain the applicable AHIMA or AAPC credential within one year of hire as a condition of continued employment.
• Must reside in Pennsylvania or New Jersey.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience with a computerized patient record and coding system.

Responsibilities

• Code and abstract professional-fee hospital services performed by SLPG physicians from medical records using ICD-9/ICD-10, CPT-4, HCPCS II, and CMS guidelines.
• Use the 3M Encoder to validate RVUs and CPT-4 procedure unbundling.
• Maintain a 95% coding accuracy rate as measured through quality reviews.
• Maintain daily productivity as outlined.
• Keep current with coding guidelines for physician services involving hospital inpatient, observation, consultant, surgical, critical care, and E&M services.
• Enter abstracted physician information into specialty-specific databases.
• Conduct educational sessions for medical staff on coding and documentation compliance.
• Work with Medical Records, Finance, and Physician Billing to ensure appropriate information flow.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed