Outpatient Coding Consultant

Job overview

The Outpatient Coding Consultant role is fully remote, with compensation of $20–$35 per hour. Datavant provides data collaboration and solutions for organizations across the healthcare ecosystem, guided by a mission to make health data secure, accessible, and actionable. The consultant reviews medical records and assigns accurate diagnosis and procedure codes to support hospital reporting and reimbursement processes. The role also identifies documentation improvement opportunities, communicates coding issues, and maintains accuracy and productivity standards.

What you'll do

• Review medical records and assign and sequence diagnosis and procedure codes
• assign discharge dispositions
• abstract and enter coded data for hospital statistics and reporting
• communicate documentation improvement opportunities and coding issues
• maintain 95% coding accuracy and 95% APC assignment accuracy while meeting site productivity standards
• track continuing education credits
• attend education meetings
• communicate with coworkers, management, and hospital staff about clinical and reimbursement issues
• comply with HIM policies and AHIMA ethics.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

outpatient coding consultant

medical coding

observation coding

injection and infusion coding

apc assignment

remote

datavant

healthcare data

ahima credentials

aapc credentials

$20–$35 per hour

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision
• 401(k) with match
• paid time off and holidays
• free continuing education units
• education and professional dues stipend
• equipment
• training and mentorship.

Why this role

Requires AHIMA or AAPC credentials and at least two years of hospital or coding-consulting experience. Observation coding with injection and infusion experience is specifically sought; surgery coding experience is helpful.

About the employer

Datavant is hiring for this role. Industry: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services. Sector: 51.