Job Description
Position Title: Medical Coding Specialist (Remote) About Optima Medical: Optima Medical is an Arizona-based medical group consisting of 30 locations and 130 medical providers, who care for more than 200,000 patients statewide. Our mission is to improve the quality of life throughout Arizona by helping communities Live Better, Live Longer through personalized healthcare, with a focus on preventing
8:00 AM
Coders start the day by pulling their assigned chart queue. In a hospital setting, an inpatient coder might work 15–25 charts per…
8:30 AM
Open the first chart. Read the operative report, discharge summary, and physician notes. Assign the principal diagnosis code (the…
10:30 AM
Encounter a complex chart — a patient with multiple comorbidities and a surgical complication. You spend extra time to capture eve…
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