This is a hospital-based, high-complexity coding role for someone who already lives in ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, and modifiers, and can handle the expensive, messy charts (long stays, high-dollar cases, complex procedures). If you’re not already credentialed and experienced, this one is not “learn as you go.”
About Firstsource
Firstsource provides outsourced services across industries, including healthcare operations support.
Schedule
• Remote
• 8:00 AM–5:00 PM Eastern Time
Pay
• $30–$35/hour (DOE)
What You’ll Do
• Code and abstract high-dollar, complex inpatient/outpatient records, especially discharges with length of stay over 3 days
• Assign ICD-10-CM, CPT-4, HCPCS, APC modifiers accurately and on time
• Code complex record types (examples listed: SDCs, cardiac cath, anesthesia, chemo, radiation oncology, recurring)
• Support HIM Coder I with complex charts for 1–3 day stays
• Use coding judgment aligned to hospital policy and national coding guidelines
• Follow current AHA Coding Clinic Guidelines and UHDDS Official Guidelines
• Configure E&M service levels based on documentation and enter codes/charges appropriately
• Query providers when documentation is unclear or incomplete
• Coordinate with HIM techs for missing documentation/transcribed reports
• Maintain productivity/quality targets and complete assigned reports (ex: “5-days report”)
• Flex into other HIM roles as workload requires
• Represent HIM in court as Custodian of Records (as stated in posting)
What You Need
• High school diploma (or equivalent) + healthcare admin office familiarity
• 5 years coding experience
• Hospital-based coding credentials required
• Required certs: CCS or CPC-H
• Comfort with a mostly sedentary role (lifting up to 10 lbs frequently / 20 lbs occasionally)
Benefits
• Not listed in this posting
Backbone moment: if you don’t already have CCS or CPC-H + hospital coding reps, don’t apply. You’ll burn time and feel frustrated. But if you do have the credentials and the experience, this pay band is way more respectable than most of the “remote healthcare” listings you’ve been dropping.
Happy Hunting,
~Two Chicks…