Inpatient Medical Coder (Coder III)
Full Time • Fully Remote - US
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Location: Remote
Employer: AIMS Locum Tenens
Employment Type: Full-Time
FTE: 1.0
Job Overview:
AIMS Locum Tenens is seeking a qualified Inpatient Medical Coder (Coder III) to provide expert inpatient medical coding support for the Defense Health Agency (DHA). The Coder III will be responsible for accurate assignment of diagnosis and procedure codes for inpatient facility and professional services, ensuring compliance with DHA accuracy, completeness, and timeliness standards.
General Duties:
- Provide services within the scope of clinical privileges granted by the Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) Director.
- Perform tasks as per the contract and outlined duties.
Specific Duties:
- Assign accurate ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, HCPCS, and CPT codes for inpatient medical records, including surgical procedures, anesthesia, and ancillary services.
- Ensure correct Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) assignment for inpatient stays.
- Perform coding within MHS GENESIS® and other military coding systems, including 3M Encompass 360 and Joint Legacy Viewer (JLV).
- Research and resolve coding edit failures.
- Adhere to DHA Coding Compliance Plan and industry coding standards.
Qualifications:
- Degree: Not specified, but education must meet DHA standards.
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Experience:
- Five (5) years of medical coding and/or auditing experience in two or more medical, surgical, and ancillary specialties within the last 10 years; OR
- Three (3) years of medical coding/auditing experience in a Military Treatment Facility (MTF).
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Certifications (Required):
- One of the following institutional coding certifications: CCS (AHIMA), CIC (AAPC), or RHIT/RHIA (AHIMA).
- One of the following professional services coding certifications: CPC (AAPC) or COC (AAPC).
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Skills & Knowledge:
- Advanced knowledge of ICD-CM, ICD-PCS, HCPCS, CPT, DRGs, APCs, and RBRVS.
- Understanding of healthcare reimbursement, revenue cycle management, and fraud regulations.
- Familiarity with clinical documentation improvement and EHR workflows.
Benefits:
- Competitive Pay
- 80 hours of paid vacation annually
- Up to 56 hours of sick time
- 11 paid federal holidays
- Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
- 401K Plan
How to Apply:
Submit your resume and certifications to AIMS Locum Tenens.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
AIMS Locum Tenens is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable laws regarding hiring practices.
This is a remote position.
Compensation: $25.00 - $30.00 per hour
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
About Us
AIMS Locum Tenens, LLC, is a women owned and SBA’s 8(a) certified healthcare management company based in Northern Virginia and Washington DC area focus on healthcare management in both public and private sectors.
AIMS Locum Tenens is one of the fastest growing healthcare management solution specialized in management of highly skilled healthcare professionals in both commercial and government healthcare facilities all over the country. We have the experience, resources, and scale required to help physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals to take advantage of both short and long term staffing opportunities in a wide variety of practice specialties. We do staff healthcare providers for both short and long-term assignments to local, state and federal government healthcare facilities.
AIMS realizes the key to quality is attention to details. AIMS is the one stop shop for various healthcare facilities and handles every steps to get best candidate from sourcing, recruitment, candidate screening, credentialing, final placement and retention of highly qualified healthcare provider.
As one of the nation’s fastest growing healthcare management companies, AIMS Locum Tenens manages highly qualified physicians and nurses during staffing crisis at community hospitals, clinics and Army based MTFs (Military Treatment Facilities). Hospital systems, MTFs, nursing homes and out patient clinics benefit from our comprehensive, cost-effective supplemental medical staffing services.
Our No. 1 priority is to provide the best service to our healthcare professionals and our hospital and MTFs clients. We welcome feedback and suggestions so we can continually improve our service.
At AIMS Locum Tenens, our core pillars—dedication, commitment, trustworthiness, and superior service—drive every aspect of our business.
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