Certified Medical Coder - Inpatient

Certified Medical Coder - Inpatient 

JOB-10046735

Anticipated Start Date

June 22, 2026

Location

Brooklyn, NY

Type of Employment

Contract Hire

Employer Info

Our client provides top-ranked care, dozens of inpatient and outpatient specialties, and mental health services with a team of highly trained and caring medical professionals who are compassionate, culturally competent and patient centered. Their vision is to be a fully integrated health system that enables New Yorkers to live their healthiest lives. Many of their roles are temp-to-hire, giving our client and our candidates the opportunity to ensure they are the right fit for a full-time position, as this comes with career advancement opportunities and excellent benefits. In fact, over 30% of our candidates have converted to full-time positions at our client.

Job Summary

We are looking for individual to join our client’s team as Certified Medical Coder to focus on inpatient coding in an acute care setting. The ideal candidate will accurately code inpatient medical records, ensure compliance with federal, payer, and facility coding guidelines, and support coding quality and accuracy within the organization.

Job Description

• Assign the principal diagnosis, secondary diagnosis and procedure codes for inpatient discharges,
• Ambulatory Surgery and ER visits, utilizing 3M HDM coding system, EPIC Electronic Medical Record.
• Report on Congenital Malformation to the State.
• Analyze the discharged patient’s medical record for completeness and accuracy, to ensure that they are
• following hospital, corporate and outside Government Agencies standards.
• Generate queries for documentation specialist for query follow-up.
• Interact with Clinical Documentation Specialists for query follow up.
• Maintains confidentiality of information from patient’s medical records.
• Performs concurrent and retrospective clinical documentation review and provides data when necessary.
• Works with other departments to ensure that accurate reporting and reimbursement are facilitated.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Manager / Director.

Skills Required

• Three years’ experience Knowledge of ICD10
• Inpatient and ED experience
• Must have EPIC and 3M experience

Education/Training/Certifications

• High School Diploma/GED
• Valid CCP, CCS is required

Additional Requirements

• Shift: 8:00 AM-4:00 PM

Pay Rate

• $32–$38 per hour, based on experience, skills, and market factors

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