Remote Outpatient Surgery Coder

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Outpatient Surgery Coder to join a collaborative hospital coding team. In this role, you will be responsible for accurately reviewing clinical documentation and assigning ICD-10, CPT, and HCPCS codes for outpatient surgery, observation, and ancillary encounters. This position offers the opportunity to work in a supportive environment with strong leadership, ongoing quality review processes, and a balanced workload distributed through Epic work queues.

Responsibilities

• Code ambulatory surgery, observation, and ancillary encounters.
• Review operative reports and clinical documentation to assign accurate ICD-10, CPT, and HCPCS codes.
• Abstract clinical and demographic data into hospital information systems.
• Ensure coding accuracy and compliance with CMS, Medicare, Medicaid, AHIMA, and AAPC guidelines.
• Assign and validate APCs and support claim readiness.
• Collaborate with physicians and clinical staff to clarify documentation as needed.
• Assist with emergency department and outpatient diagnostic coding based on department volume.
• Meet established productivity, quality, and accuracy standards.
• Work assigned encounters through Epic work queues using service-date-based workflow management.

Requirements

• Completion of an AHIMA or AAPC approved coding program.
• Active coding certification (e.g., CPC, CCS, CCS-P, RHIT, RHIA, or equivalent).
• 4–5 years of recent hospital-based outpatient coding experience.
• Epic experience.
• Strong facility coding experience.
• Acute care hospital experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge of ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, and outpatient reimbursement methodologies.

Benefits

• Fully remote opportunity.
• Flexible workday start times.
• Supportive and collaborative coding leadership.
• Balanced workload distribution through Epic queue management.
• Ongoing quality review and professional support.
• Opportunity to work with a wide variety of outpatient specialties and procedures.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $29.00 – $33.00/hr. Individual compensation offered within this range will depend on qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.