Medical Coding Professional

Job Description

Are you someone who is looking for a career with unlimited potential? Join our team and you’ll have the opportunity to work projects that continuously sharpen your technical skills, your talent for solving problems and your ambitions!

“Working with Cognizant has enabled me to further develop my data science skill set while engaging directly with clients. I’ve enjoyed the benefits of responsibility from day one and am thrilled to be in a place where I make essential contributions to my team on a daily basis.” - Sylvie Brick, Senior Associate, Business Analytics and Insights

Cognizant, a Fortune 200 company, is hiring a team of medical coders! Our coders will play an integral role in delivering world-class experience to our clients.

The daily activities of our coders include

• Review documentation to code diagnosis and procedures (to include outpatient surgery, observation, Emergency Department and outpatient diagnostics)
• Work with physicians to obtain or clarify diagnosis and/or procedures via the query process
• Assign accurate codes utilizing an electronic encoder application in accordance with practice policy and regulatory guidelines
• Perform Peer Reviews of Company Health Information Management coding auditors and coders
• Complete reports as requested
• Maintain minimum accuracy rate of 98% while meeting internal efficiency standards set by company

To measure your success as one of our best-in-class coders, we use a matrix of Key Performance Indicators. These indicators can include

ICD10 Coding Productivity Standards*

Emergency Department Coding (excluding E/M facility coding) - 96 to 120 encounters/day

Emergency Department (including E/M facility coding) Coding - 64 to 92 encounters/day

Coding – Ancillary testing - 160 to 240 encounters/day

Coding – Ambulatory/Outpatient/Interventional - 32 to 48 encounters/day

Inpatient Coding - 24 encounters/day

Desired Skills/Qualifications:

• CCS, RHIT or RHIA (AHIMA) or CPC, COC (AAPC)
• Minimum of two years of facility based outpatient experience
• Knowledge of Federal, state and payer regulations
• Capable of interpreting medical records reports and chart entries
• Capable of applying judgment and decision making
• Basic Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
• Pass coding assessment with a score of 80% or greater
• Basic background proficiencies with computers using multiple systems at a time
• Self-motivated with ability to work autonomously and in a team in a fast paced environment
• Communicating with manager/team members on scheduled time off, breaks, new procedures, policies, etc. as provided by the client is crucial.
• Well organized and able to balance multiple projects and priorities as needed.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Able to be flexible and adaptable to change.

As a Cognizant employee, you will have access to excellent benefits in addition to a competitive compensation package!

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position whom are legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring company sponsorship now or at any time in the future.