Job Description

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote

Fully Remote

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday, 6:00 AM - 3:00 PM PST

Posted Date

09/03/2026

Salary Range: $42.46 - 56.02 Hourly

Employment Type

2 - Staff: Career

Duration

Indefinite

Job #

32686

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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Medical Coding

Support accurate outpatient coding, billing, reimbursement, and regulatory compliance through the review and coding of Epic Simple Visit Coding encounters. As the Epic Simple Visit Coding Analyst 2, you will review charges from their origin, clinical documentation, ICD-10-CM, CPT/HCPCS codes to support accurate charge capture and medical necessity documentation, help resolve routine coding and documentation inconsistencies. This role works closely with physicians, clinical departments, and the revenue cycle team to promote coding accuracy, data integrity, and compliant reimbursement practices.

In this role, you will:

• Review Epic Simple Visit Coding outpatient encounters and supporting clinical documentation and assign appropriate ICD-10-CM, CPT/HCPCS codes in accordance with established coding guidelines and payer requirements.
• Ensure coded data accurately reflects services rendered and supports compliant billing practices.
• Apply medical necessity requirements, LCDs, NCDs, payer policies, and other established coding requirements during code assignment.
• Identify documentation deficiencies, follow established query procedures, participate in coding audits and quality reviews, and assist with routine coding edits and claim-related coding issues.
• Communicate with physicians, clinical staff, operational departments, and revenue cycle teams to resolve routine documentation and coding questions and support coding accuracy and reimbursement.
• Maintain current knowledge of coding regulations, reimbursement requirements, and payer policies while participating in continuing education, departmental training, and Epic coding workflow testing and validation activities.

Salary Range:

$42.46 to $56.02 hourly

Job Qualifications

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Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Health Information Management, Healthcare Administration, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• One or more years of experience in hospital coding, revenue cycle operations, coding analytics, charge capture, or a closely related healthcare revenue cycle function.
• CCS (Certified Coding Specialist) certification within six months of hire.
• Knowledge of ICD-10-CM, CPT/HCPCS coding systems.
• Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, disease processes, and medical terminology.
• Knowledge of outpatient hospital coding guidelines and reimbursement principles.
• Knowledge of LCDs, NCDs, and payer policies.
• Ability to accurately review and abstract information from medical records and identify documentation deficiencies and coding discrepancies.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills with the ability to maintain coding quality and productivity standards.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency with Epic or similar electronic health record systems.

Preferred

• CPC (Certified Professional Coder) certification.
• CHDA (Certified Health Data Analyst) certification.
• RHIA (Registered Health Information Administrator) or RHIT (Registered Health Information Technician) certification.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.