Outpatient Coder – Per Diem

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $49 - $65 / hour

⏱ Part Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🏥 Medical Billing and Coding

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UCLA Health

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1955

🏥 Healthcare

📚 Education

🔬 Science

Healthcare • Education • Science

UCLA Health is an integrated academic health system anchored by the UCLA School of Medicine that delivers patient care, medical education, and clinical research across Southern California. With more than 290 locations including hospitals, specialty clinics, and immediate/primary care sites, UCLA Health provides a wide range of services—cancer care, transplant, neuroscience, orthopedics, heart and vascular, pediatrics, women's health, psychiatry and more—while offering virtual care, clinical trials, and patient resources such as myUCLAhealth. The organization emphasizes advanced technology, research-driven treatments, community engagement, and top-ranked hospital patient care outcomes.

📋 Description

• Ensure the operational efficiency of a complex health system • Code diagnoses and procedures for assigned cases • Use knowledge of UCLA Health, AHA – Coding Clinic, and AMA – CPT Assistant guidelines • Assign ICD-10-CM and CPT/HCPCS codes for patients • Abstract all coded data in a timely and accurate manner into the abstracting system

🎯 Requirements

• Associate degree in health information science, Bachelor’s degree in health information management, or completion of courses in ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 coding • COC, CPC-H, CCS, or CCS-P certification, required • Three or more years of experience with surgical procedural and ambulatory care coding • Three or more years of experience as an outpatient coder, acute care hospital experience preferred • Proficiency in ICD-10-CM and CPT-4/HCPCS and modifier usage • Knowledge of APC payment methodologies, AHA Coding Clinic, and CPT Assistant • Ability to orient and train new employees and students • Understanding of all state and national reporting requirements • Strong communication, interpersonal, and prioritizing skills • Computer proficiency with Microsoft Office and 3M 360 Encompass software