[Hiring] Inpatient Facility Coder @Fidelity Partners

Role Description

The Inpatient Facility Coder will review and code inpatient records, discharges, and related professional and surgical services for the VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System. The role assigns and validates diagnosis and procedure codes, abstracts required data, issues provider queries, and meets VA accuracy, productivity, and timeliness standards.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship and fluency in spoken and written English.
• Current acceptable AHIMA or AAPC credential, such as RHIT, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, COC, or CIC, maintained throughout performance.
• At least two years of continuous professional coding experience in a comparable VA Level 1A healthcare environment or equivalent complex healthcare setting.
• Proficiency with ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT, HCPCS, E/M coding, modifiers, and compliant provider queries as applicable to assigned work.
• Proficiency with Oracle Health coding workflows; familiarity with Solventum CRS, VistA, CPRS, and VIRR is preferred or required for assigned duties.
• Ability to meet VA productivity, timeliness, data-security, privacy, quality, and coding-accuracy requirements.

Requirements

• Review inpatient records and assign ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes with appropriate sequencing.
• Code related professional, surgical, and ancillary services using CPT, HCPCS, and E/M requirements as applicable.
• Abstract diagnoses, procedures, present-on-admission indicators, and other required data elements.
• Submit compliant provider queries when documentation is incomplete, conflicting, or insufficient.
• Correct coding edits, rejections, audit findings, and identified documentation issues.
• Meet contract standards for coding accuracy, productivity, timeliness, and data integrity.
• Use Oracle Health, Solventum CRS, CPRS, VistA, VIRR, and other authorized VA systems as required.
• Protect patient information and comply with HIPAA, the Privacy Act, VA security requirements, and applicable coding standards.

Benefits

• Estimated compensation: $35.21 per hour.
• Remote work is authorized through an approved VA VPN.
• Work must be staffed within the Monday-through-Friday service window of 6:00 AM–6:00 PM local facility time.
• Period of Performance: November 1, 2026 through October 31, 2028, including one option year, with a potential extension of services of up to six months.

Required Candidate Submission Documents

• Current resume documenting qualifying education, credentials, systems proficiency, and at least two years of relevant coding experience.
• Copy of a current qualifying AHIMA or AAPC certification.