Outpatient Professional Coder - Remote (US)

Type: Contract, remote within the United States | Location: Remote, United States | Positions: 10 | Term: 12-month base period from November 1, 2026, with one possible option year | Start: contingent on contract award

The role

Our client is a large tertiary health system in the Great Lakes region whose health information management program spans inpatient, outpatient, and surgical care across a wide range of medical specialties. The system is standing up a dedicated sixteen-person coding team, and ten of those seats - the largest group - are outpatient professional coders.

You will code outpatient professional encounters across many specialties: assigning CPT, HCPCS, E/M, and ICD-10-CM codes, applying modifiers correctly against edit rules, and querying providers when documentation leaves a question open. Throughput and accuracy are both measured, with published standards the whole team works to.

This position requires U.S. citizenship, and all work must be performed from within a U.S. jurisdiction. Successful completion of a background investigation is required before starting.

What you will own

• Coding outpatient professional encounters in CPT, HCPCS, E/M, and ICD-10-CM against a daily productivity standard of approximately 25 encounters
• Verifying that multiple CPT codes are not components of a more comprehensive single code, and applying modifiers to override edits only where clinically supported
• Issuing provider queries when documentation is unclear, incomplete, or conflicting, and closing every query within 30 days of the date of service
• Identifying visits created in error and documenting case comments in the encoder
• Completing initial coding within five calendar days of assignment, holding the program's 95%+ timeliness goal
• Maintaining a personal coding accuracy rate of 95% or better, measured separately for CPT/HCPCS, E/M, and ICD-10-CM assignment

What we require

• An active AHIMA credential (RHIT, RHIA, CCS, or CCS-P) or AAPC CPC, maintained throughout the engagement, with the baseline ICD-10 continuing-education units your credentialing body requires
• Two years of continuous professional coding experience in a health system comparable in size and complexity to a large tertiary medical center
• Completion of an accredited coding certificate or HIM/HIT program, with formal training in anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, disease processes, pharmacology, and reimbursement methodologies
• U.S. citizenship and fluent spoken and written English
• Eligibility to pass a background investigation and exclusion-list screening

What will set you apart

• Experience on current-generation cloud EHR and encoder platforms, and comfort working transitional workflows on legacy systems

Work environment

Remote-first: work is performed from your own workspace over the client's secure VPN, with occasional on-site work only by mutual agreement. All personnel must be physically located in a U.S. jurisdiction while working.

Hours and coverage

The program runs 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, with your schedule set inside that window. The team maintains overlap for handoffs and coverage during absences.

Compliance and credentialing

Immunization documentation (MMR, hepatitis B, varicella, TB screening, annual flu) and participation in annual privacy and compliance training are required. The client maintains a competency file for each coder covering certifications, experience, and completed training.

Location

Remote (U.S.)

Why candidates will be interested

A two-year remote engagement with nine outpatient peers on a sixteen-person coding team, clear published productivity and accuracy standards, and your required coding CEUs funded as part of the engagement rather than out of your own pocket.