This position is located in the Health Administration Service (HAS), Health Information Management (HIM) section of the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital in Columbia, MO. The Medical Record Technician (Coder-Outpatient) is skilled in classifying medical data from patient health records in the hospital setting, and/or physician-based settings, such as physician offices, group practices, multi-specialty clinics, and specialty centers.
Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The duties of the position include but are not limited to: Perform the full scope of outpatient coding including ambulatory surgical cases, diagnostic studies and procedures, outpatient encounters, and/or inpatient professional services Review and abstract clinical data from the record for documentation of diagnoses and procedures to ensure it is adequate and appropriate to support the assigned codes Code all complicated and complex disease processes, patient injuries, and all procedures in a wide range of ambulatory settings and specialties Consult with the clinical staff for clarification of conflicting, incomplete, or ambiguous clinical data in the health record Review provider health record documentation to ensure that it supports the diagnostic and procedural codes assigned and is consistent with required medical coding nomenclature Assign codes to documented patient care encounters (outpatient and/or inpatient professional services) covering the full range of health care services provided by the VAMC Monitor ever-changing regulatory and policy requirements affecting coded information for the full spectrum of services provided by the VAMC Perform a comprehensive review of the patient health record to abstract medical, surgical, ancillary, demographic, social, and administrative data to ensure complete data capture Insure provider documentation is complete and supports the diagnoses and procedures coded Search the patient health record to find documentation justifying code assignment based on an expanded knowledge of the organization and structure of the patient record Utilize the facility computer system and software applications to correctly code, abstract, record, and transmit data to the national VA database Establish the primary and secondary diagnosis and procedure codes for outpatient encounters following applicable regulations, instructions, and requirements for allowable reimbursement Code all Operating Room procedures reported in the Surgical Package of the VistA hospital system Review and code assigned fee service Care in the Community outpatient encounters using the paper or electronic documentation obtained from non-VA facilities such as Community Hospitals, Emergency Rooms, military facilities, etc Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm Compressed/Flexible: Not Available Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience. Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Remote: This position is remote work eligible and is currently exempted from return to office requirements. Remote exempted positions are reviewed annually and do not imply permanent remote work status.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 000000 Medical Records Technician (Coder Outpatient) Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Qualifications continued: Grandfathering Provision. All persons employed in VHA as a MRT (Coder) on the effective date of this qualification standard are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the title, series, and grade held, including positive education and certification that are part of the basic requirements of the occupation. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.
The full performance level of this vacancy is GS8. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS4 to GS8. Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupational Health Service. IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
carlos.alcantara2@va.gov · 573-926-9535
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $37193 – $72644/yr.
Yes, this position is fully remote.
Applications close on 2026-10-01.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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