Certified Medical Coder

• Location:  Remote
• Facility:  Ascension Medical Group
• Department:  Revenue Cycle
• Schedule:  Full-time | Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Central

• Advanced Medical Coding: Abstracted critical clinical documentation from patient records to accurately assign complex ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT, and HCPCS codes for optimal APC and DRG classifications.
• Physician Collaboration & Clarification: Audited clinical charts and initiated proactive physician queries to resolve documentation ambiguities, ensuring data integrity and strict compliance with official coding guidelines.
• Quality & Productivity Excellence: Consistently met and exceeded rigorous departmental productivity and quality benchmarks while strictly adhering to AHIMA Standards of Ethical Coding.
• Regulatory Compliance & Education: Maintained expert up-to-date knowledge of evolving reimbursement reporting requirements and provided targeted coding education to physicians and associates.

Licensure / Certification / Registration

• Required Credential(s):
  • One or more of the following:
    • Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) credentialed from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
    • Certified Professional Coder (CPC) credentialed from the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
    • Coder obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
    • Reg Health Info Admnstr credentialed from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
    • Reg Health Info Tech credentialed from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.

Education

• High School diploma equivalency OR 1 year of applicable cumulative job specific experience required. *Note: Required professional licensure/certification can be used in lieu of education or experience, if applicable.

Additional Preferences:

• Previous coding experience preferred

• Comfortable with coding different specialties