Outpatient Professional Coder

VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System – Cleveland, Ohio

This Position Is Contingent Upon Bid Award

Work LocationDepartment of Veterans Affairs

VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System / Cleveland VA Medical Center

Wade Park Campus10701 East BoulevardCleveland, OH 44106

Citizenship / Access Requirements: U.S. citizenship is required. Personnel must satisfy all VA suitability, background-investigation, PIV, privacy, information-security, and system-access requirements.

Security Requirements: No classified clearance is specified. Favorable VA screening, National Agency Check initiation, PIV eligibility, and applicable ADP-sensitive access requirements apply.

Type of Employment: Full-Time Contractor Position.

Estimated Compensation: $35.21 per hour.

Paid Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year, accrued in accordance with policy and applicable requirements.

Working Hours: Work must be staffed within the Monday-through-Friday service window of 6:00 AM–6:00 PM local facility time. Individual schedules will be assigned based on operational needs; off-hours work requires prior approval.

Work Arrangement: Remote work is authorized through an approved VA VPN. Work is normally performed at the contractor facility or another approved location within a U.S. jurisdiction unless otherwise agreed.

Period of Performance: November 1, 2026 through October 31, 2028, including one option year, with a potential extension of services of up to six months.

Summary of Services

The Outpatient Professional Coder will code and validate outpatient professional encounters across VA clinical specialties. The position assigns ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, modifiers, and E/M levels; reviews documentation; communicates through compliant provider queries; and supports accurate and timely reimbursement and reporting.

Mandatory Qualifications

U.S. citizenship and fluency in spoken and written English.

Current acceptable AHIMA or AAPC credential, such as RHIT, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, COC, or CIC, maintained throughout performance.

At least two years of continuous professional coding experience in a comparable VA Level 1A healthcare environment or equivalent complex healthcare setting.

Proficiency with ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT, HCPCS, E/M coding, modifiers, and compliant provider queries as applicable to assigned work.

Proficiency with Oracle Health coding workflows; familiarity with Solventum CRS, VistA, CPRS, and VIRR is preferred or required for assigned duties.

Ability to meet VA productivity, timeliness, data-security, privacy, quality, and coding-accuracy requirements.

Duties and Responsibilities

Review outpatient professional records and assign accurate ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, modifier, and E/M codes.

Validate documentation, medical necessity, code sequencing, and specialty-specific coding requirements.

Code clinic, emergency, diagnostic, procedural, and other assigned professional encounters.

Submit compliant provider queries and resolve incomplete or conflicting documentation.

Correct claim edits, coding rejections, audit findings, and identified data-quality issues.

Meet contract standards for accuracy, productivity, timeliness, and data integrity.

Use Oracle Health, Solventum CRS, CPRS, VistA, VIRR, and other authorized VA systems as required.

Protect patient information and comply with HIPAA, the Privacy Act, VA security requirements, and applicable coding standards.

Required Candidate Submission Documents

Current resume documenting qualifying education, credentials, systems proficiency, and at least two years of relevant coding experience.

Copy of a current qualifying AHIMA or AAPC certification.

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