Medical Coder

🔥 12 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $27 / hour

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

🏥 Medical Billing and Coding

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Fidelity Partners Services

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2002

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

🏛️ Government

Healthcare • Logistics • Government

Fidelity Partners Services is a national provider with over 30 years of experience delivering healthcare, technology, logistics, and ancillary services to government and commercial clients. The company emphasizes integrity, hands-on contract management, strong customer service, and mission-focused support across government and commercial engagements.

📋 Description

• Provide professional medical coding, abstracting, validation, and data-entry services supporting Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration VISN 21 facilities • Review electronic health records and assign diagnosis and procedure codes for inpatient, outpatient, surgical, professional fee, prosthetic, and ancillary healthcare services • Assign and validate ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT, and HCPCS codes based on documented services • Abstract clinical and administrative information and enter data into VHA coding and electronic health record systems • Apply Official Coding Guidelines, VHA Coding Guidelines, National Correct Coding Initiative requirements, and applicable VA policies • Ensure diagnoses and procedures are coded to the highest specificity supported by provider documentation • Review documentation for completeness, consistency, and coding compliance • Obtain clarification through established provider-query procedures when documentation is conflicting, ambiguous, incomplete, or nonspecific • Assign appropriate modifiers and verify that multiple CPT codes are not components of a more comprehensive procedure • Identify unsupported codes, duplicate encounters, and encounters created in error • Review inpatient records and abstract diagnoses, procedures, surgeries, and other required data • Code outpatient encounters, diagnostic services, ambulatory procedures, surgeries, anesthesia, pathology, and other assigned services • Re-evaluate coded data in response to billing edits, denials, retrospective reviews, or other VA requests • Provide coding rules and references to support coding determinations when requested • Utilize VA-approved electronic health record and coding systems to document coding decisions and communicate relevant information • Maintain coding accuracy, turnaround times, and productivity requirements • Maintain current knowledge of annual and interim changes to coding systems and requirements • Protect Veteran health information and maintain confidentiality under HIPAA, VA privacy, information-security, and records-management requirements

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of two (2) years of professional medical coding experience using ICD, CPT, and HCPCS code sets • Formal training in anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, pathology and disease processes, pharmacology, health record format and content, reimbursement methodologies, and current coding classification systems • Demonstrated knowledge of ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT, HCPCS, and applicable Evaluation and Management (E/M) coding guidelines • Knowledge of inpatient, outpatient, surgical, professional fee, and ancillary service coding • Ability to accurately interpret clinical documentation and assign diagnosis and procedure codes to the highest level of specificity supported by the medical record • Ability to utilize electronic health records, coding applications, and encoder systems • Must maintain a minimum 97% coding accuracy rate while meeting established productivity and turnaround-time requirements • Must be proficient in spoken and written English • Must possess and maintain at least one current and active coding credential accepted under the contract: RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, or CPC-H • AAPC credential holders must satisfy applicable ICD-10 proficiency requirements • Must be a U.S. Citizen • Must successfully complete required background investigation and VA suitability requirements for access to Government systems and information • All work must be performed within the United States • Prior VA or VHA medical coding experience is preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Up to 80 hours of paid time off per year, accruing from the date of hire • Up to 56 hours of sick leave per year, accruing from the date of hire • Eleven paid Federal holidays • W-2 employment • Competitive salaries and benefits packages