Description
OB/GYN Professional Fee Coder (Coding Specialist 2)
US--Remote
Requisition ID: 2025-36725
Position Category: Hospital/Clinic Support
Job Type: AFSCME union represented
Position Type: Regular Full-Time
Posting Department: Enterprise Coding
Posting Salary Range: $33.07 - $44.69 per hour, with offer based on experience, education and internal equity
Posting FTE: 1.00
Posting Schedule: Monday - Friday
Posting Hours: 5:00am - 10:00pm (with some flexibility available)
HR Mission: Central Services
Drug Testable: No
Department Overview
Join OHSU's Enterprise Coding Department and help drive excellence in women's health documentation, OB/GYN coding integrity, and high quality patient care.
We're looking for a detail driven, credentialed coding professional with significant experience in obstetrics and gynecology professional fee coding who thrives in a collaborative, mission focused environment. If you're passionate about specialty coding accuracy, continuous learning, and supporting world class healthcare, this role is for you!
The Team You'll Join
When you join the Enterprise Coding Department, you're stepping into a highly skilled, mission driven team that plays a vital role in supporting accurate clinical documentation and ensuring the financial health of OHSU.
A Culture Built on Support & Expertise
- You'll collaborate with experienced specialty coders, team leads, supervisors, and leaders who bring deep expertise across OB/GYN and related surgical services.
- The team thrives on open communication, supportive dialogue, and a shared commitment to high quality work.
A Learning Forward Environment
- Team members actively participate in OB/GYN focused coding meetings, education sessions, huddles, and team training.
- Continuous learning is part of the culture — you'll stay current on updates in women's health coding, CPT/ICD 10 CM changes, payer rules, and OB package billing.
- Professional development is encouraged through CEUs, mentorship, and opportunities for specialty cross training.
A Team That Values Quality & Integrity
- Every coder plays a meaningful role in supporting OHSU's mission by ensuring accuracy, compliance, and data integrity.
- The team embraces continuous improvement, regularly refining processes, workflows, and documentation practices.
A Collaborative Remote Community
- Enjoy strong virtual teamwork with shared work queues, daily communication, and supportive collaboration.
- Work in an environment built on flexibility, trust, inclusion, and accountability.
As a Level II OB/GYN Professional Fee Coder, you will play a vital role in ensuring accurate, compliant coding of clinician services across obstetric, gynecologic, and reproductive health encounters. You'll collaborate with coding leadership, OB/GYN providers, and the broader Enterprise Coding Team — all while enjoying the flexibility of a telecommuting position.
What You'll Do
Core OB/GYN Coding Responsibilities
- Review clinical documentation for OB/GYN encounters including prenatal visits, postpartum care, colposcopy, hysteroscopy, LEEP, ultrasound, minor gynecologic procedures, and office E&M encounters.
- Assign accurate CPT, ICD 10 CM, and HCPCS codes for:
- Global obstetric packages
- Obstetric ultrasounds and fetal monitoring
- Gynecologic office procedures
- Family planning and reproductive health services
- Preventive women's health visits
- Problem focused OB/GYN E&M encounters
- Validate correct billing of OB packages including prenatal visits, and postpartum care.
- Maintain processes and controls for OB/GYN coding and billing within assigned work queues.
- Ensure all coding complies with CMS, payer specific rules, ACOG guidance, and specialty compliance standards.
- Collaborate with leads and supervisors regarding specialty specific questions and workflow priorities.
- Develop and share written procedures to improve OB/GYN coding workflows and support team training.
Department & Team Support
- Serve as a resource for OB/GYN coding questions, documentation needs, bundling rules, and billing policies.
- Attend coding meetings, OB/GYN education sessions, seminars, and team huddles; share learning with peers.
- Partner with leadership to improve provider documentation for OB and GYN services.
- Participate in specialty and system wide education sessions, maintain CEUs, and stay informed on trends.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
High School diploma or GED.
Minimum two years of hospital or professional services (dependent on position) experience reviewing, abstracting, and coding medical records using ICD-10-CM and CPT coding.
Coding certification from AAPC or AHIMA:
- AAPC (e.g., CPC; COBGC strongly preferred) OR
- AHIMA (e.g., RHIA, RHIT, CCS)
- Active membership with AAPC or AHIMA.
- Ability to pass an internal coding assessment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Completion of an accredited coding program (AAPC or AHIMA).
- In depth knowledge of:
- OB package billing rules
- CPT/ICD 10 CM guidelines for OB/GYN
- CCI edits, NCD/LCD, payer specific policies
- Experience using Epic and 3M Encoder.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience collaborating with providers and clinical teams.
- Coursework in anatomy/physiology, reproductive anatomy, medical terminology, and procedural coding.
Additional Details
Schedule & Work Environment
- Telecommuting position with variable days.
- Core operating hours: MondayFriday, 5:00am10:00pm. Your regularly scheduled hours must fall within this range.
- May include rotating weekend coverage.
Benefits
- Healthcare for full-time employees covered 100% and 88% for dependents.
- $50K of term life insurance provided at no cost to the employee.
- Two separate above market pension plans to choose from.
- Vacation - up to 200 hours per year dependent on length of service.
- Sick Leave - up to 96 hours per year.
- 9 paid holidays per year.
- Substantial Tri-Met and C-Tran discounts.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Childcare service discounts.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Employee discounts to local and major businesses.
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