[Hiring] Multi-specialty Medical Coder @UnitedHealth Group

Role Description

As a Medical Coder, you will provide coding and coding auditing services directly to providers. You'll play a key part in healing the health system by ensuring our high standards for documentation processes are being met.

Delivering quality care starts with ensuring our processes and documentation standards are kept at the highest level possible. This means working behind the scenes to ensure a member-centric approach to care. You will be responsible for:

• Ensuring the accuracy and completeness of clinical coding in various departments.
• Validating information in databases for outcome management and specialty registries across the entire integrated healthcare system.
• Applying appropriate diagnostic and procedural codes to individual patient health information records for data retrieval, analysis, and claims processing.

Hours:

• This position is full-time (40 hours/week), Monday - Friday, 8-hour shifts.
• Flexibility to telecommute from anywhere within the U.S.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED.
• Professional coder certification with credentialing from AHIMA and/or AAPC (CPC-A, RHIT, RHIA, CCA, CPC, COC, CPC-P, CCS) to be maintained annually.
• 2+ years of experience with PCs in a Windows environment, including MS Excel and EMR systems.
• 2+ years of experience with ICD-10 and CPT coding.
• 2+ years of experience with multi-specialty surgical coding.

Requirements

• 2+ years of post-certification medical coding experience (preferred).
• 1+ years of Outpatient Physician coding (Pro-Fee) experience (preferred).
• Experience with various encoder systems (Encoder Pro, EPIC) (preferred).
• Ability to manage significant workload and work efficiently under pressure meeting established deadlines with minimal supervision.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Incentive and recognition programs.
• Equity stock purchase.
• 401k contribution (subject to eligibility requirements).
• Hourly pay ranging from $20.00 to $36.00 per hour based on full-time employment.