Outpatient Ancillary Coding Specialist

🕒 5 days ago

🦀 Maryland – Remote

🦀 Maryland – Remote

💵 $20 - $31 / hour

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🏥 Medical Billing and Coding

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Meritus Health

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1905

🏥 Healthcare

🤝 Non-profit

📚 Education

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 Grant on 2025-11

Healthcare • Non-profit • Education

Meritus Health is a regional health system and hospital network providing comprehensive medical services, including in-person and virtual primary care, specialty care, emergency and urgent care, diagnostic labs, and community health programs. The organization operates as a nonprofit focused on improving community health, partners on medical education initiatives (including a School of Osteopathic Medicine), and runs public health campaigns and events to engage and support patients and the local population.

📋 Description

• Review clinical documentation and assign accurate codes using ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, and CPT systems • Abstract key data elements for reporting to CMS, HSCRC, and other regulatory agencies • Code outpatient and recurring accounts across multiple service lines, including JMC-JMC/R, BHS, and Outpatient Rehab • Ensure coding quality supports internal and external reporting, billing, and analytics

🎯 Requirements

• Must have a coding certification to be considered: CCA, CPC, or CPC-H • Associate degree from an AHIMA-approved program with RHIT credentials, or CCA credential (AHIMA), or CPC/CPC-H credential (AAPC) • Minimum 1 year of hospital coding experience, including outpatient Ancillary records • Successful completion of an advanced hospital coding assessment • Strong knowledge of ICD-10 and CPT coding systems • Familiarity with federal coding guidelines, UHDDS, HSCRC reporting standards, and ethical coding practices • Proficiency in multiple software applications and coding platforms

🏖️ Benefits

• health, dental, and vision insurance available starting the 1st of the month following date of hire • life insurance • short and long-term disability coverage • Paid Time Off begins accruing from day one • 401k plan • education assistance program • employee assistance program • shift differential for evening, night, or weekend shifts