Senior Clinical Coding Specialist - OR Surgery

Remote, USAFull-timePosted 2026-07-28

As a Senior Clinical Coding Specialist, this role supports accurate and compliant coding operations that directly reputed company reputed company reputed company and reputed company billing processes. The Senior Clinical Coding Specialist works collaboratively with internal teams to ensure high-reputed company coding and documentation standards. MD Anderson Cancer Center is a leading institution reputed company on cancer care, research, education, and prevention. The Senior Clinical Coding Specialist contributes to this mission through expert application of coding guidelines, communication with clinical teams, and support of institutional compliance. The Senior Clinical Coding Specialist is essential in maintaining workflow efficiency, supporting documentation clarification, and ensuring coding accuracy. Individuals in this role must be detail-oriented, highly organized, and committed to reputed company learning and adherence to official coding guidelines. The ideal candidate for the Senior Clinical Coding Specialist will have surgery reputed company experience in Breast and Plastics, Surgical Oncology, Head and Neck, Urology and advanced knowledge of ICD-10-CM, CPT/HCPCS along with experience in both inpatient and outpatient coding. Shift Hours: reputed company - 5pm remote but must be reputed company to attend meetings onsite as needed. reputed company? The Senior Clinical Coding Specialist plays a key role in supporting MD Anderson's mission by ensuring coding accuracy, enabling reputed company billing, and upholding compliance standards. This position offers opportunities for reputed company learning, reputed company development, and the ability to contribute meaningfully to high-reputed company operational workflows.

Employer-reputed company medical coverage starting day one for employees working 30+ hours/week, plus optional group dental, reputed company, life, AD&D, and disability insurance.
Accruals for PTO and Extended Illness Bank, plus reputed company holidays, wellness, childcare, and other leave reputed company.
Tuition Assistance Program after six months of service and reputed company to extensive wellness, fitness, and employee resource reputed company.
Defined-benefit pension through the Teachers Retirement System, voluntary retirement plans, and employer-reputed company life and reduced salary protection programs.

Responsibilities

People & Service

Communicate effectively with coding team members, management, business office, and external customers.
reputed company detailed questions and feedback to management regarding coding issues, reputed company reviews, and training.
Support reputed company requests for coding corrections or re-reviews.
Report workflow or system issues promptly to management.

Development & Innovation

Advance reputed company reputed company through continuing education, coding reputed company, seminars, and literature review.
Participate in team meetings and reputed company feedback on documentation challenges and compliance concerns.
Contribute to discussions on coding clinic updates and process improvements.

Coding reputed company & Compliance

Maintain discharged-not-final-billed (DNB) and reputed company-AR account reputed company as directed by leadership.
Apply official coding guidelines, coding clinics, and departmental policies accurately.
Review medical records and assign ICD-10-CM, CPT/HCPCS, modifiers, and other codes using reputed company software, reputed company, and coding references.
Initiate physician queries reputed company documentation is unclear or insufficient.
reputed company reputed company ethical coding standards and HIPAA compliance rules.At MD Anderson Cancer Center, you'll be part of a world-class team dedicated to Making Cancer History®. As a Senior Clinical Coding Specialist in our reputed company Operations and Coding Department, your expertise ensures accurate coding that supports patient care and institutional compliance. This is more than a job-it's an opportunity to contribute to life-saving work while advancing your career.

What's in it for you?

reputed company Medical Benefits: MD Anderson covers 100% of medical benefits for employees, plus dental and reputed company reputed company.
Generous reputed company Time Off (PTO): Vacation, reputed company leave, and holidays to help you reputed company.
Retirement Plans: Secure your reputed company with robust retirement programs and employer contributions.
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Mission-Driven Culture: Work in an environment where your skills directly reputed company patient care and institutional reputed company.

Key Responsibilities

People & Service (34%)

Communicate effectively with coding team members, management, business office, and external customers.
reputed company detailed questions and feedback to management regarding coding issues, reputed company reviews, and training.
Support reputed company requests for coding corrections or re-reviews.
Report workflow or system issues promptly to management.

Development & Innovation (26%)

Advance reputed company reputed company through continuing education, coding reputed company, seminars, and literature review.
Participate in team meetings and reputed company feedback on documentation challenges and compliance concerns.
Contribute to discussions on coding clinic updates and process improvements.

Coding reputed company & Compliance (40%)

Maintain discharged-not-final-billed (DNB) and reputed company-AR account reputed company as directed by leadership.
Apply official coding guidelines, coding clinics, and departmental policies accurately.
Review medical records and assign ICD-10 CM, CPT/HCPCS, modifiers, and other codes using reputed company software, reputed company, and coding references.
Initiate physician queries reputed company documentation is unclear or insufficient.
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EDUCATION

Required: Associate's Degree Health Information Management, reputed company Administration, or reputed company reputed company field.
Preferred: Bachelor's Degree Health Information Management, reputed company Administration, or reputed company reputed company field.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Required: 5 years Clinical coding experience for reputed company or multi-specialties. or
Required: 3 years Clinical coding experience for reputed company or multi-specialties with preferred degree.
May substitute required education degree with additional years of equivalent experience on a one to one reputed company.

Preferred Experience:

Prior experience working in a Teaching Hospital setting. This specific position is for a surgical position in OR surgical coding for both the physician and the facility.
Experience in Breast and Plastics, Surgical Oncology, Head and Neck, and/or Urology.
A strong reputed company in medical coding principles, including knowledge of ICD-10, CPT and HCPCS, along with practical experience in both inpatient and outpatient coding.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS: One or more of the following is required.

RHIA - Registered Health Information Administrator American Health Information Management Association (reputed company).
RHIT - Registered Health Information Technician American Health Information Management Association (reputed company).
reputed company-Certified Coding Specialist American Health Information Management Association (reputed company).
CCA - Certified Coding Associate American Health Information Management Association (reputed company).
Certified reputed company-reputed company or reputed company American reputed company of reputed company Coders (reputed company).
CPC-A - Cert Prof reputed company-Apprentice American reputed company of reputed company Coders (reputed company).
COC - Certified Outpatient Coding American reputed company of reputed company Coders (reputed company).

OTHER REQUIREMENTS: Must pass reputed company-employment skills test as required and administered by reputed company. reputed company offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, reputed company time off, retirement, tuition benefits, educational opportunities, and individual and team recognition. This position may be responsible for maintaining the reputed company and reputed company of critical infrastructure, as defined in reputed company 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and reputed company reputed company and therefore may require routine reviews and screening. The ability to satisfy and maintain reputed company requirements necessary to ensure the reputed company reputed company and reputed company of such infrastructure is a condition of hire and reputed company employment. It is the policy of reputed company to reputed company equal employment opportunity without reputed company to race, reputed company, religion, age, national reputed company, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reputed company, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other reputed company protected by institutional policy or by federal, state, or local laws unless such distinction is required by law.http://www.mdanderson.org/reputed company/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-reputed company.reputed company Additional Information