Coding Analyst, Part Time

Northwestern Medicine

Coding Analyst responsible for coding and reimbursement expertise in healthcare settings for Northwestern Medicine. Requires 3 years experience and appropriate certifications for outpatient coding.

Posted 5/21/2026part-timeRemote • Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $27 - $38 per hourWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Assign appropriate ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 codes to outpatient visit types
Assign Evaluation and Management codes for physician encounters
Review the medical record thoroughly and code appropriate diagnoses, procedures, and evaluation and management services
Collaborate with Patient Accounting, Registration, case managers, and other clinical areas to provide coding reimbursement expertise
Interpret health record documentation using knowledge of anatomy, physiology, clinical disease process, pharmacology, and medical terminology to report appropriate diagnoses and/or procedures
Follow ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting and maintain a minimum of 95% coding accuracy
Resolve NCCI, NCD/LCD or other outpatient edit claim failures as assigned
Meet established minimum coding productivity and quality standards for each outpatient encounter type

Requirements

What you’ll need

3 years of experience in acute healthcare setting
RHIT or RHIA or CCS or CCS-P or COC or CPC
AHIMA or AAPC membership

Benefits

Comp & perks

Tuition reimbursement
Loan forgiveness
401(k) matching
Lifecycle benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

ICD-10-CM codingCPT-4 codingEvaluation and Management codingmedical record reviewdiagnosis codingprocedure codingcoding accuracycoding productivityNCCI resolutionNCD/LCD compliance

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationattention to detailanalytical skillsproblem-solving

Certifications

RHITRHIACCSCCS-PCOCCPCAHIMA membershipAAPC membership