Company Description
Henry Ford Health is committed to advancing health and improving lives for the millions of people it serves across Michigan and around the world. As one of the nation's leading academic health systems, it provides a comprehensive continuum of care that includes primary and preventive services, specialty and complex care, virtual care, pharmacy, home health, eye care, health insurance, and more.
With 12 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations, including former Ascension Southeast Michigan and Flint Region facilities, the organization continues to expand access to exceptional care in the communities it serves.
Headquartered in Detroit, Henry Ford Health is helping shape the future of healthcare through the Future of Health: Detroit initiative, a $3 billion investment focused on innovation, research, education, and community impact.
Its work is grounded in purpose, collaboration, and belonging, with a mission to deliver exceptional care, advance health outcomes, and build healthier communities for all.
Job Summary
This position is fully remote. The Complex Coder is responsible for accurately coding professional bedside services in acute hospital settings rendered by employed and contracted providers. This multispecialty professional-fee coding role supports providers across a broad range of medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties, requiring the ability to interpret diverse clinical documentation and apply coding guidelines across many patient populations, diagnoses, procedures, and clinical scenarios.
Key Responsibilities
- Review and analyze diagnostic and procedural information from patient medical records using established coding principles
- Code complex outpatient cases with precision to support accurate reimbursement and billing processes
- Abstract and compile patient data for medical research projects, care evaluation, and administrative decision-making
- Maintain strict adherence to coding guidelines, third-party reimbursement policies, and regulatory requirements
- Ensure compliance with accreditation standards and quality benchmarks
- Contribute to provider-patient continuity through accurate, reliable data management
- Optimize reimbursement outcomes while maintaining coding accuracy and integrity
Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED required
- Additional specialty coding certification required, or five years of coding experience
- One to two years of college or additional coursework in Accounting, Business, Healthcare Administration, or Medical Record Sciences preferred
- Thorough knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, disease processes, medical terminology, pharmacology, and coding systems
- Minimum of two years of coding experience required
- Specialty coding experience preferred
- RHIT, CPC, or CCS certification required
Location
Michigan, US
Employment Type
Full-time
Experience Level
Intermediate Level
Remote work allowed
Yes
Posted
2 months ago