Medical Coder I Remote / Telecommute Jobs

Medical Coder I Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Health Agency (DHA) Specifically supporting the DHA Medical Coding Program Branch (DHA-MCPB) Place of Performance: Remote / Off-site performance Period of Performance: One (1) year base period, with the possibility of one (1) additional option year. Schedule: Coding services may be performed Monday–Friday, excluding federal holidays Requirements: • minimum of three (3) years of medical coding and/or auditing experience in two (2) or more medical, surgical, and ancillary specialties within the past 10 years; OR a minimum of two (2) years of medical coding or auditing experience if that experience was in Military Treatment Facility (MTF). A minimum of one (1) year of performance in the specialty is required to be documented to be considered qualifying. • Professional services coding certification, such as: • CPC® (AAPC) • CCS® (AHIMA) • Facility coding certification is not required at this level Duties and Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following: • Accurately assigns diagnosis and procedure codes for facility and professional services for outpatient specialty any outpatient primary care encounters billable to a third party IAW DHA accuracy, completeness, productivity, and timeliness standards contained in DoDI 6040.42, Management Standards for Coding of DoD Health Records. • Performs necessary tasks within MHS GENESIS® and other military coding systems (to include, but not limited to, 3M Encompass 360, Joint Legacy Viewer (JLV)) to complete encounters. • Researches and resolves MHS GENESIS coding edit failures as assigned. • Review medical documentation and codes for compliance with federal coding regulations and DoD guidelines. • Obtain clarification of conflicting, ambiguous, or non-specific documentation. • Maintain required productivity standards per DoD requirements. Contractor productivity requirement will be to complete 80% or more of assigned workload within a performance period (quarter). Maintain timeliness standards per DoD requirements. • Maintain accuracy standards per DoD requirements. Accuracy standards will be 97% overall accuracy of diagnosis, Evaluation & Management (E&M), and procedure codes; modifiers; and quantities or units of service. For additional information and compensation information, please email your most recent resume/CV to [email protected]. Thank you for your time and we look forward to speaking with you soon! Apply tot his job