HIM Coder Analyst

Location: Fort Worth, Texas | Onsite

About the role

Support accurate reimbursement, regulatory compliance, and quality reporting by reviewing outpatient medical records and assigning accurate ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 codes. Success in this role is measured by coding accuracy, productivity, effective provider communication, and adherence to coding guidelines and documentation standards.

Responsibilities

• Review and interpret outpatient medical records to assign ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 codes with the highest level of specificity for ambulatory surgery, observation, special procedures, emergency department, ancillary, and clinic encounters.
• Code primarily complex ambulatory surgery and observation cases while maintaining a minimum coding accuracy rate of 95%.
• Abstract required clinical and demographic information into the electronic health record to support billing and reporting.
• Submit physician queries to clarify documentation and collaborate with clinical documentation specialists to ensure accurate coding.
• Identify documentation concerns, report risk management issues, and remain current on coding regulations, payer guidelines, and industry updates.

Requirements

• Current RHIA, RHIT, CCS, or CPC certification required.
• Minimum of 2 years of current full-time hospital outpatient coding experience involving ICD-10-CM, CPT-4, ambulatory surgery, observation cases, and medical record abstracting.
• Current AHIMA continuing education certification records required, when applicable.

Skills

• ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 coding
• Hospital outpatient coding
• Ambulatory surgery coding
• Observation encounter coding
• Emergency department coding support
• Medical record abstracting
• Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems
• Automated coding encoders
• Physician documentation queries
• Medicare and Medicaid coding guidelines

Preferred Skills

• Pediatric coding experience.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word.
• Strong critical thinking, organization, communication, and independent problem-solving skills with the ability to work with minimal supervision.

Pay

$35.00-$40.00/hour

Schedule

Full-time | W2