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Medical Coder - Primary Care and Family Med

Optum

Optum is seeking a medical coder to support primary care and family medicine coding operations. This role supports health outcomes by ensuring accurate assignment of diagnostic and procedure codes, reviewing work queues, and helping maintain compliant and timely coding workflows.

You will work remotely within the U.S. and contribute to a team focused on improving health care delivery and revenue cycle accuracy.

Requirements & Qualifications

Primary responsibilities

  • Assign accurate diagnostic and procedure codes according to clinical documentation and official coding guidelines for primary care and family medicine
  • Assign CPT and ICD-10 codes to services
  • Monitor assigned work queues to ensure records are charged and coded in a timely manner
  • Generate coding queries for clarification of physician documentation as needed
  • Stay current on coding conventions and coding updates
  • Manage a significant workload, work efficiently under pressure, meet deadlines, and operate with minimal supervision
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Required qualifications

  • High school diploma or GED
  • Professional coder certification from AHIMA and/or AAPC, such as CPC, COC, CPC-P, or CCS, maintained annually
  • 2+ years of experience using PCs in a Windows environment, including MS Excel and EMR systems
  • 2+ years of experience with ICD-10 and CPT coding, with a focus on primary care and family medicine

Preferred qualifications

  • 2+ years of post-certification medical coding experience
  • 2+ years of outpatient physician coding (Pro-Fee) experience
  • Experience with EMR systems, especially Epic
Benefits & Perks
  • Paid time off starting with the first pay period plus 8 paid holidays
  • Medical plan options with Health Spending Account or Health Savings Account participation
  • Dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage
  • 401(k) savings plan and employee stock purchase plan
  • Education reimbursement
  • Employee discounts
  • Employee assistance program
  • Employee referral bonus program
  • Voluntary benefits including pet insurance, legal insurance, and long-term care insurance
  • Competitive base pay and comprehensive benefits package

Location

Minnesota, US

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Intermediate Level

Remote work allowed

Yes

Posted

2 months ago

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