Inpatient DRG Coder - Remote

Have you kept up with the changes in medical coding, physician practices, and the healthcare industry in general? Are you proficient with ICD-10, CPT and HCPCS coding systems? Can you be efficient and effective while working from home? 

Join Us.

We’re Sutherland, and we’ve contracted with some of the nation's largest and most expansive health systems to help support their coding organization in a new way. To help us in these efforts, we now seek Inpatient DRG Coders to fill our work from home opportunities.

In this role, we will look to you to analyze and interpret complex records in order to identify and accurately bill services. Specifically, you will assign and sequence correct diagnostic and procedure billing codes in compliance with third party payor requirements, and when necessary, obtain clarification when presented with conflicting, ambiguous, or non-specific documentation.

These are full time, work from home positions that require a safe, secure and distraction-free work environment and excellent, stable, internet connectivity.  In return, you’ll enjoy:

• Competitive compensation

• Generous PTO; medical, dental, and vision benefits, EAP – and 401K

• Health and wellness programs

• Cross-training opportunities with the ability to work on different projects and with different clients.

• At least 3 years of inpatient coding experience

• RHIA, RHIT, and/or CCS, CIC certification

• Strong communication, analytical and research skills with a keen attention to detail

• A bachelor’s degree, certification or equivalent

Additionally, your background must include demonstrated knowledge of:

• Coding concepts for facility diagnosis and procedure coding and DRG assignment
• Legal and policy directives pertinent to coding
• Proper reference material, standards and guidelines for coding
• Software applications in use to document patient services
• Confidentiality requirements

About us:

As a digital transformation company, Sutherland rethinks and rebuilds processes for the digital age by combining the speed and insight of design thinking with the scale and accuracy of data analytics. We have been helping customers globally, across industries from financial services to healthcare, achieve greater agility through transformed and automated customer experiences for over 35 years.

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