Associate Medical Coder

Description

Associate Medical Coder

Edifecs is looking for a Medical Coder who will assist with coding medical documentation for HIPAA claims/encounters.

What you will do:

• Extracting relevant information from patient records.
• Liaising with physicians and other parties to clarify information.
• Examining documents for missing information.
• Familiarity with the main coding systems, including ICD, CPT, and HCPCS
• Ability to spot inaccuracies or inconsistencies in medical records and ensure precision
• Capacity to interpret and understand complex medical information from patient records
• Ability to on coding software, and relevant tool to perform medical coding
• Performing chart audits.
• Ensuring compliance with medical coding policies and guidelines.
  
  
  

What you will bring:

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in health information systems or related field.
• 1 - 2 years of work experience as a medical coder.
• Proficient computer skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Strong people skills.
• Outstanding organizational skills.
• Ability to maintain the confidentiality of information.
  
  
  

About Edifecs

Edifecs provides market-leading technology to its payer and health system customers, which serve nearly 300 million people in the U.S. healthcare market. For over 25 years, Edifecs has enabled customers to unlock greater value with their healthcare data management platform which includes its Best in KLAS healthcare interoperability cloud solution. Edifecs’ healthcare SaaS solutions, available on both public and private clouds, serve as the foundation that eliminates stakeholder friction to overcome healthcare’s biggest challenges, including accelerating value-based payment adoption and obtaining more complete and accurate care funding for alternative payment models. Edifecs’ solutions are powered by AI that incorporates generative AI and LLMs, natural language processing, and machine learning, to provide deeper insights into patients, populations, and business processes. As new standards and regulations continually emerge from government agencies, Edifecs is a proven partner to support its customers road to “evergreen” compliance. Edifecs customers include 24 of the 25 top commercial health plans in the country, 29 of the 52 Medicaid programs, and 6 out of 10 of the largest health systems.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. Our corporate credo of innovation, collaboration, customer-centricity, and integrity drive and inform all our actions and decisions. Please contact [email protected] for more information.