[Hiring] Outpatient Professional Coder @Fidelity Partners

Role Description

The Outpatient Professional Coder will code and validate outpatient professional encounters across VA clinical specialties. The position includes:

• Assigning ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, modifiers, and E/M levels
• Reviewing documentation
• Communicating through compliant provider queries
• Supporting accurate and timely reimbursement and reporting

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship and fluency in spoken and written English
• Current acceptable AHIMA or AAPC credential (e.g., 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 outpatient professional records and assign accurate ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, modifier, and E/M codes
• Validate documentation, medical necessity, code sequencing, and specialty-specific coding requirements
• Code clinic, emergency, diagnostic, procedural, and other assigned professional encounters
• Submit compliant provider queries and resolve incomplete or conflicting documentation
• Correct claim edits, coding rejections, audit findings, and identified data-quality issues
• Meet contract standards for 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
• Paid sick leave: Up to 56 hours per year, accrued in accordance with Fidelity Partners policy
• Work arrangement: Remote work authorized through an approved VA VPN
• Working hours: 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