OBGYN Medical Coder
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Job Description
OBGYN medical coder reviewing records and assigning ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 codes for U.S. healthcare clients. Supporting clinic, surgery, and professional fee/facility coding remotely.
Responsibilities:
- Review medical records to identify pertinent diagnoses and procedures for patient healthcare encounters
- Abstract appropriate information from medical records according to client guidelines
- Request physician clarification for ambiguous or conflicting documentation
- Assign diagnostic and procedural codes using ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 datasets
- Provide coding and abstracting services for professional fee medical records across specialties
- Mentor training coders and/or new hires through education and training
- Maintain current knowledge of Coding Clinic, CPT Assistant, and Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting
- Participate in industry forums as applicable
- Support coding education within the team
Requirements:
- Required certification: CPC, COC, CIC, CCA, CCS, CCS-P, RHIT, or RHIA
- At least 3 years of professional fee and facility coding experience
- Strong professional fee/facility OBGYN clinic and surgery coding skills, including office and surgical coding
- Experience coding clinic E&M and CPTs
- Coding productivity expectation of 10 per hour
- Experience with EPIC, 3M, and 360
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Understanding of medical terminology, anatomy, physiology, surgical technology, pharmacology, and disease processes
- Extensive knowledge of ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 coding principles and guidelines
- Knowledge of reimbursement systems and federal, state, and payer-specific documentation, coding, and billing regulations and policies
- Must pass coding proficiency test
Benefits:
- Healthcare
- 401(k)
- Paid time off
- Competitive benefits package (subject to eligibility requirements for full-time employees)
















