CODER ANALYST-CLINIC
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Job overview
The Coder Analyst reviews medical records to assign ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 codes, confirms DRG assignments, and communicates with physicians to clarify documentation. The role also abstracts clinical information for databases and reporting and supports timely patient billing. Fort Sanders Perinatal Center provides care for women with high-risk pregnancies and serves patients across Knoxville, Morristown, and Sevierville.
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Full job description
Overview
Coder Analyst
Full TIme, 80 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shift
Perinatal Overview:
Fort Sanders Perinatal Center, part of Covenant Health, specializes in caring for women with high-risk pregnancies. For more than 25 years, the center has provided expert guidance and advanced services for complex conditions such as multiples, maternal age, diabetes, hypertension, and infertility-related pregnancies. With locations in Knoxville, Morristown, and Sevierville, the team is dedicated to helping families make informed decisions and ensuring the safest possible outcomes for mothers and babies.
Position Summary:
Analyzes the medical records to obtain information necessary for the appropriate sequencing and assignment of ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 codes. Confirms appropriate DRG assignment. Communicates with physicians for clarification of documentation for coding. Abstracts and enters data from the medical records in order to maintain a database for statistics and reporting. Assists the Business Office in timely billing of patient information.
Responsibilities
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Reviews medical records to determine the ICD-10 CM and CPT-4 codes to be utilized, in accordance with coding and reimbursement guidelines.
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Verifies data in the medical record abstract and accurately abstracts and enters clinical information from the medical records, to ensure the integrity of the database.
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Appropriately utilizes current UHDDS standards in the proper selection and assignment of the principal diagnosis, principal procedure, complications and cormorbid conditions.
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Reviews unbilled accounts reports daily and makes necessary adjustments to ensure all records are coded in a timely manner.
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Reviews case mix reports on a weekly basis and follow-up on any record requiring re-review.
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Participates in coding and abstracting quality reviews as required.
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Assists physicians and clarifies coding versus clinical issues.
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Assists other coders with coding questions to ascertain the most appropriate codes for billing and statistical information; refers coding questions to the Unit Leader, as necessary.
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Contacts physicians for clarification when necessary.
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Completes interim billing on rehabilitation and transitional care unit patients as requested by the Business Office.
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Demonstrates ability to meet or exceed departmental quality and quantity standards.
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Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
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Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Minimum Education
None specified; will accept any combination of formal education and/or prior work experience sufficient to demonstrate possession of the knowledge, skill and ability needed to perform the essential tasks of the job, typically such as would be equivalent to an Associate’s degree. Preference may be given to individuals possessing an Associate’s degree in a directly-related field from an accredited college or university.
Minimum Experience
Previous coding experience preferred.
Licensure Requirement
RHIA, RHIT or CCS preferred.
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Job Title CODER ANALYST-CLINIC
ID 4686128
Facility Fort Sanders Perinatal Center
Department Name ADMINISTRATION
How this job compares
Set against the 384 open Medical Coder jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 1, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$59–94K/yr94 salary ranges
- US median$24–36/hr134 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 10 open Medical Coder jobs in Tennessee and 384 across the US. 49% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- Medical Coder postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 3 years (317 postings).
- Education
- 1 of the 384 open Medical Coder jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 1, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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