Emergency Department Medical Coder

🕒 July 18

🏖️ New Jersey – Remote

🏖️ New Jersey – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

🏥 Medical Billing and Coding

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Sutherland

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

10,000+ employees

Founded 1986

🏥 Healthcare

🛡️ Insurance

✈️ Travel

💰 $300M Secondary Market on 2014-10

Healthcare • Insurance • Travel

Sutherland is a global company specializing in digital transformation and business process outsourcing services. They leverage advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, automation, and cloud engineering to drive digital performance and optimize critical business operations. Sutherland offers a variety of services including digital CX, enterprise technology solutions, and intelligent automation across multiple industries such as banking, healthcare, and telecommunications. Their focus is on delivering measurable outcomes, enhancing customer experiences, and enabling business agility through innovative digital solutions.

📋 Description

• Responsible for the accurate review, abstraction, and assignment of ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, facility-specific charging methodologies, and applicable modifiers for Emergency Department (ED) facility encounters. • Ensure coding accuracy, regulatory compliance, appropriate reimbursement, and adherence to client-specific coding guidelines, payer requirements, and industry standards. • Review clinical documentation, emergency department records, physician documentation, nursing notes, ancillary reports, and charging information to accurately capture facility services rendered during emergency department visits. • Accurately assign facility Evaluation and Management (E/M) levels in accordance with client-specific emergency department leveling guidelines and facility charging methodologies, including knowledge of the ACEP tool. • Analyze documentation from nursing staff, physicians, ancillary departments, and diagnostic services to ensure complete code assignment and charge capture. • Apply official coding guidelines, CMS regulations, National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits, and payer-specific requirements. • Participate in coding quality reviews, audits, educational initiatives, and process improvement activities.

🎯 Requirements

• At least 2+ years of relevant facility-fee outpatient coding experience, specifically in Emergency Department services. • Injection and Infusion experience required. • Active AAPC or AHIMA coding certification required. • Proven ability to work independently and efficiently in a remote environment. • Epic experience strongly preferred. • Other facility-fee and physician-fee medical coding experience a plus.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • 401(k) matching • Flexible work hours • Paid time off