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Remote Vascular Surgery Professional Fee Coder

Location: Fully Remote

Schedule: Monday-Friday | Flexible Hours

Pay: Competitive hourly compensation based on experience

About the Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Professional Fee (PB) Vascular Surgery Coder to join a growing healthcare organization. This position will focus on reviewing physician documentation and accurately coding vascular surgery services while ensuring compliance with coding guidelines, payer requirements, and reimbursement standards.

This is a fully remote opportunity offering flexible work hours and the ability to work independently within a collaborative coding team.

Responsibilities

• Review physician documentation and assign accurate CPT, ICD-10-CM, and HCPCS codes for professional billing services
• Code a variety of vascular surgery encounters, including outpatient visits, office procedures, and surgical services
• Interpret operative reports and assign codes for vascular procedures including angioplasty, stenting, bypass grafts, thrombectomy, endarterectomy, fistula creation and revision, angiography, and other endovascular interventions
• Ensure compliance with payer guidelines, NCCI edits, federal regulations, and coding standards
• Identify and resolve coding edits, denials, and documentation deficiencies
• Communicate with providers regarding coding questions and documentation clarification opportunities
• Participate in coding audits, quality initiatives, and process improvement projects
• Maintain productivity and quality standards while meeting turnaround expectations
• Stay current on coding updates, payer policy changes, and vascular surgery coding guidelines

Qualifications
Required

• CPC, CCS, or equivalent coding certification
• Minimum 3 years of Professional Fee (PB) coding experience
• Minimum 2 years of recent vascular surgery coding experience
• Strong knowledge of CPT, ICD-10-CM, HCPCS, modifiers, and medical terminology
• Experience coding vascular surgery procedures including:
  • Angioplasty
  • Endovascular stent placement
  • Angiography
  • Bypass graft procedures
  • Thrombectomy
  • AV fistula creation and revisions
  • Carotid endarterectomy
  • Arterial and venous interventions
• Experience working within Epic or similar EMR platforms
• Must have personal computer equipment and coding encoder

Preferred

• Experience working within an academic medical center or large physician practice
• Familiarity with Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial payer guidelines
• Experience supporting coding audits and provider education initiatives
• Previous experience with Epic Resolute, Cerner, or similar physician billing systems

Why Join Us?

• Fully remote work environment
• Flexible start and end times
• Opportunity to work with a highly specialized vascular surgery service line
• Collaborative and supportive team environment
• Stable, growing department with increasing coding demand
• Opportunity to utilize advanced Professional Fee coding expertise

Interview Process

• One virtual interview with the hiring team

If you have strong Professional Fee coding experience and a background in vascular surgery coding, we encourage you to apply.

For California Applicants:

We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable federal, state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO), Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (ULAC), The San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance (FCO) , and the California Fair Chance Act (CFCA).

This position is subject to a background check based on its job duties, which may include patient care, working with vulnerable populations, access to financial and confidential information, driving, working with heavy machinery, or working in a warehouse or laboratory environment. Due to these job duties, this position has a significant impact on the business operations and reputation, as well as the safety and well-being of individuals who may be cared for as part of the job position or who may interact with staff or clients.

Here at Medix, we are dedicated to providing workforce solutions to clients throughout multiple industries. We have been named among the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation for two consecutive years. Medix has also been ranked as one of the fastest growing companies by Inc. Magazine.
Our commitment to our core purpose of positively impacting 20,000 lives affects not only the way we interact with our clients and talent, but also with our co-workers! The goal is lofty, but it is made attainable through the hard work and dedication of our teams and their willingness to lock arms together. Are you ready to lock arms with us?