Medical Coding Specialist I - Outpatient

Exciting Opportunity at MSK: Medical Coding Specialist I - Outpatient

At Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK), mission-driven teams support exceptional cancer care, research, and education. The Medical Coding Specialist I plays a vital role by transforming complex clinical documentation into accurate, compliant data that supports patient care, research initiatives, regulatory reporting, and financial integrity across inpatient and outpatient settings.

Role Overview

• Analyze outpatient medical records to extract clinical, pathological, therapeutic, and epidemiologic data

• Apply ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 coding principles to ensure accurate and compliant clinical data

• Verify patient demographics, admission details, discharge data, and treatment information prior to coding

• Assign and sequence principal and secondary diagnoses and procedures at the highest level of specificity

• Ensure coding accuracy to support research, reimbursement, planning, statistics, and regulatory reporting

• Enter and maintain accurate coding data across multiple databases and information systems

• Complete assigned case volumes, corrections, and special coding projects within established standards

Key Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant clinical coding experience

• Extensive knowledge of ICD-10-CM coding, anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology

• Experience in coding with Epic or other coding software ( like 3M/Solventum Encoder), is a plus.

• Experience in coding ambulatory, methods of administration/ chemotherapy administration, clinicaldiagnosis and/or procedural coding is preferred

• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality of protected health information

• CPC or CSS certification required

Core Skills

• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and coding accuracy

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet productivity standards under pressure

• Clear verbal and written communication skills, including effective team collaboration

• Strong information management and data entry capabilities across multiple systems

• Sound professional judgment and accountability in a highly regulated healthcare environment

Additional Information:

• Schedule: Flexible start between 6 AM - 10 AM EST

• Location: Remote

• Reporting To Supervisor, Clinical Data Specialist

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