Coding Specialist Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• CPC-certified
• Experience in risk adjustment coding
• Experience in clinical documentation improvement (CDI)
• Skilled in juggling multiple tasks and working under pressure without sacrificing organization in communications and documentation.
• Effective listener and communicator
• Comfort with ambiguity
• Desire to learn how to use new technologies (video chatting, Google Suite, Slack, electronic health records, or comfort in using and learning new technology is vital).
• Ability to identify priorities and take action
• Must be located within the lower 48 United States due to contractual limitations with accessing PHI.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with oncology coding is strongly preferred
• Additional certifications such as CRC or CDEO are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive reviews of medical records to validate the accuracy and completeness of ICD-10-CM diagnosis coding, CPT procedure coding, and supporting clinical documentation.
• Identify documentation gaps and risk adjustment coding opportunities to support accurate capture of patient complexity and disease burden.
• Provide timely feedback to providers on documentation gaps and coding opportunities identified through chart reviews.
• Educate providers on documentation best practices and risk adjustment requirements.
• Identify and communicate documentation trends to support ongoing improvement.
• Maintain compliance with applicable coding, documentation, and risk adjustment guidelines.
• Stay current on regulatory and industry changes affecting coding and documentation practices.
• Support coding quality reviews and audit activities as needed.

Benefits

• Pay rate of $41.50/hour