Mortality Medical Coder, ICD-10 Cause-of-Death Coding Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Review and allocate ICD-10 cause-of-death codes to mortality and fetal death records.

• Conduct manual coding for records that cannot be processed using automated coding systems.

• Implement relevant ICD-10 mortality coding conventions, guidelines, and procedures.

• Analyze and clarify complex or ambiguous cause-of-death statements.

• Assist in quality assurance, quality control, and initiatives aimed at maintaining coding accuracy.

• Detect and rectify coding discrepancies.

• Engage in recoding and validation tasks as assigned.

• Uphold coding accuracy in line with CDC performance standards.

• Achieve set productivity, turnaround, and quality benchmarks.

• Partake in mandatory training and keep up-to-date with revised coding guidelines.

• Safeguard confidential government information and adhere to relevant security protocols.

• Collaborate with project management and fellow coding specialists to fulfill contract obligations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in ICD-10 mortality cause-of-death coding, ideally supporting CDC, NCHS, state vital records programs, or similar public health mortality coding operations.

• Familiarity with mortality coding regulations, conventions, and procedures.

• Capability to interpret medical terminology and causes of death recorded on death certificates.

• Exceptional attention to detail with a consistent track record of producing accurate coding results.

• Ability to work autonomously in a remote setting.

• Strong organizational, communication, and time-management abilities.

• Capacity to undergo required federal background checks and gain access to necessary government systems.

• Specialized experience in mortality coding is essential.

• Experience in traditional ICD-10-CM medical billing and reimbursement coding alone may not fulfill the qualifications.

• Current or prior experience supporting the CDC/NCHS mortality coding contract is preferred.

• Experience as a mortality nosologist is preferred.

• Experience coding both mortality and fetal death records is preferred.

• Familiarity with automated mortality coding systems and manual coding exception protocols is preferred.

• Experience in performing mortality coding quality control, recoding, or system validation is preferred.

• Experience working on federal public health contracts is preferred.

• Previous experience in meeting government coding accuracy and production standards is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Job skills training and various support services.

• Government-furnished equipment provided.

• Remote/telework work environment.

• Opportunities for both full-time and part-time positions may be available.