Medical Coder

UnitedHealth Group•Wausau, WI

15h•$20 - $36•Remote

About The Position

At UnitedHealthcare, we’re simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable, and equitable. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. The key challenge of this role centers around your ability to work quickly, accurately, and independently. You'll be challenged with daily production goals as well as maintaining a high accuracy rate to achieve your quality goals. Extensive use of electronic medical records in an ICD-10 environment is also required. Hours: This position is full-time (40 hours/week) Monday - Friday. Employees are required to have flexibility to work any of our 8-hour shift schedules during our normal business hours of 5am - 5pm. We offer 2-3 weeks of paid training. The hours during training will be 7am to 3:30 pm CST, Monday - Friday. You will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Requirements

High School Diploma/GED (or higher)
Active coding certification to include one of the following: CPC, CPC-A, COC, CCS, CCS-P, CCA, RHIA or RHIT
1+ years of medical coding experience with CPT
1+ years of medical coding experience with ICD-10
Required to have a dedicated work area established that is separated from other living areas and provides information privacy
Ability to keep all company sensitive documents secure (if applicable)
Must live in a location that can receive a UnitedHealth Group approved high-speed internet connection or leverage an existing high-speed internet service
All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

Nice To Haves

AAPC credentials
1+ years of facility-based coding experience
1+ years of managed care experience
Pharmacology knowledge

Responsibilities

Receive assigned provider inquiries and perform a code review on both professional and facility claims
Make determinations on cases after a coding review is complete
Review various edits on cases and complete audit of medical records received to ensure proper editing is applied
Review medical charts electronically
Abstract and code diagnosis and procedures from the medical record
Review and supply procedure and diagnosis codes for benefit coding requests
Document requested information from the medical record
Perform ongoing analysis of medical record charts for the appropriate coding compliance