Medical Coder - Remote Nationwide

About the Role

At UnitedHealthcare, we're simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. The key challenge of this role centers around your ability to work quickly, accurately, and independently. You'll be challenged with daily production goals as well as maintaining a high accuracy rate to achieve your quality goals. Extensive use of electronic medical records in an ICD-10 environment is also required.

Responsibilities

• Receive assigned provider inquiries and perform a code review on both professional and facility claims
• Make determinations on cases after a coding review is complete
• Review various edits on cases and complete audit of medical records received to ensure proper editing is applied
• Review medical charts electronically
• Abstract and code diagnosis and procedures from the medical record
• Review and supply procedure and diagnosis codes for benefit coding requests
• Document requested information from the medical record
• Perform ongoing analysis of medical record charts for the appropriate coding compliance

Requirements

• High School Diploma / GED
• Active coding certification to include one of the following: CPC, CPC-A, COC, CCS, CCS-P, CCA, RHIA or RHIT
• 1+ years of medical coding experience with CPT
• 1+ years of medical coding experience with ICD-10

Preferred Qualifications

• AAPC credentials
• 1+ years of facility-based coding experience
• 1+ years of managed care experience
• Pharmacology knowledge

Telecommuting Requirements

• Required to have a dedicated work area established that is separated from other living areas and provides information privacy
• Ability to keep all company sensitive documents secure (if applicable)
• Must live in a location that can receive a UnitedHealth Group approved high-speed internet connection or leverage an existing high-speed internet service
• All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

Schedule

This position is full-time (40 hours/week) Monday - Friday. Employees are required to have flexibility to work any of our 8-hour shift schedules during our normal business hours of 5am - 5pm. We offer 2-3 weeks of paid training. The hours during training will be 7am to 3:30 pm CST, Monday - Friday.

Pay

The hourly pay for this role will range from $20.00 to $36.00 per hour based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, and certifications.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements)