Medical Coding Lead (Behavioral Health, E/M)
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BrelliumHealth Tech
Remote (US)ContractLead
Salary$30 – $35 per hour
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Job Details
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Required Skills
- Compliance
Requirements
- AAPC certification (CPC) required
- CEMC (Certified Evaluation & Management Coder) strongly preferred
- 5+ years of hands-on coding experience in Behavioral Health / Psychiatry
- Direct experience with 99202–99205, 99212–99215
- Direct experience with 90833, 90836, 90838
- Strong understanding of MDM vs time-based E/M selection
- Experience in pre-bill coding review, coding QA, or compliance-focused workflows
Responsibilities
- Review and validate E/M coding for behavioral health encounters in a pre-bill workflow
- Ensure coding decisions align with documentation, payer guidance, and compliance best practices
- Define clear standards for when revenue capture is appropriate vs when risk is too high
- Develop and enforce guidelines for E/M level selection, psychotherapy add-on code usage, and documentation requirements
- Act as the escalation point for complex or ambiguous coding scenarios
- Support internal QA and calibration to maintain consistency over time
- Collaborate with Product and Engineering to operationalize coding rules
- Identify patterns in coding risk or opportunity across large datasets
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