Coding Analyst – Part Time, Day Shift
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Part-time remote coding analyst for Northwestern Medicine, a healthcare provider. Assigning outpatient ICD-10-CM, CPT-4, and evaluation-and-management codes while resolving reimbursement edits.
Responsibilities:
- Assign appropriate ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 codes to outpatient visit types
- Assign Evaluation and Management codes for physician encounters
- Thoroughly review medical records and documentation to code diagnoses, procedures, and evaluation and management services
- Collaborate with Patient Accounting, Registration, case managers, and clinical areas on coding reimbursement expertise
- Interpret health record documentation using anatomy, physiology, clinical disease process, pharmacology, and medical terminology knowledge
- Follow ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Coding Clinic, Coding Clinic for HCPCs, CPT Assistant, coding conventions, and instructional notes
- Resolve NCCI, NCD/LCD, and other outpatient edit claim failures
- Meet coding productivity and quality standards
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements:
- 3 years of experience in an acute healthcare setting
- RHIT, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, COC, or CPC certification
- AHIMA or AAPC membership
- Part-time availability of 20 hours per week
- Expertise in ICD-10-CM diagnosis coding
- Expertise with HCPC Level I and II procedural codes
- Ability to resolve NCD/LCD and NCCI edits
- Minimum 95% coding accuracy
- Ability to meet established minimum coding productivity and quality standards
- Successful completion of a criminal-history background check if offered employment
Benefits:
- Tuition reimbursement
- Loan forgiveness
- 401(k) matching
- Lifecycle benefits
- Benefits supporting physical, emotional, and financial well-being
- Protection for unexpected life events



