Medical Coder I

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Chicago, IL, USA
Hybrid
45K-55K Annually
Entry level
Artificial Intelligence • Big Data • Healthtech • Machine Learning • Analytics • Biotech • Generative AI
Tempus is a technology company leading the adoption of AI to advance precision medicine and patient care.
The Role
Audit and correct ICD-10 codes, maintain billing worklists, verify documentation supports diagnoses and procedures, assist with aged account cleanup, support audits, and handle ad hoc projects in the billing system.
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Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?

Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time.

Responsibilities:

  • Audit ICD-10 codes and make appropriate changes

  • Maintains worklists for patient billing, ICD-10 coding, medical record requests, COB/expired insurance, and refund requests in Tempus’ billing system

  • Review and verify that medical record documentation supports diagnoses, procedures and treatment results

  • Assist Supervisor with aged account clean up in Tempus billing system

  • Support audit process as needed

  • Ad hoc requests and special projects as needed

 Qualifications:

  • Strong organizational skills and strong attention to detail, are a self-starter and can work with minimal supervision

  • Highly analytical and detail-oriented, you enjoy unpacking and resolving complex issues

  • Familiar with medical coding methodologies, claim adjudication, Medicare policy and related topics

  • Experience working with professional coding structures and claims auditing logic

  • Proven ability to learn new skills quickly and adapt to new processes smoothly

  • Results oriented, highly energetic, dynamic individual with hands-on mentality

  • Ability to work independently and within a team environment

CHI: $45,000-$55,000

The expected salary range above is applicable if the role is performed from Illinois and may vary for other locations (California, Colorado, New York). Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience. Tempus offers a full range of benefits, which may include incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical and other benefits depending on the position.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. 

Skills Required

  • Strong organizational skills and strong attention to detail; self-starter able to work with minimal supervision
  • Highly analytical and detail-oriented; able to unpack and resolve complex issues
  • Familiarity with medical coding methodologies, claim adjudication, Medicare policy and related topics
  • Experience working with professional coding structures and claims auditing logic
  • Proven ability to learn new skills quickly and adapt to new processes
  • Results oriented, highly energetic, dynamic individual with hands-on mentality
  • Ability to work independently and within a team environment

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
3,775 Employees
Year Founded: 2015

What We Do

We bring together one of the world’s largest libraries of multimodal clinical and molecular data with a robust suite of AI tools to help physicians personalize care in real time, connect patients with therapies and clinical trials, and enable partners to accelerate discovery and development of new treatments. With ~8 million de-identified research records and 350+ petabytes of data, Tempus partners with more than half of U.S. oncologists and the majority of the top 20 global pharma companies. Our teams are pioneering work across oncology, neurology, psychiatry, cardiology, and beyond—transforming how care is delivered and therapies are developed. At Tempus, every role contributes to our mission: to help each patient benefit from the experiences of those who came before. For more information, visit tempus.com.

Why Work With Us

We’re looking for people who can change the world. People who question the status quo and refuse to shy away from tough problems. For builders who are never done building, and the learners who are never done learning. Passionate individuals with undying curiosity who want to take on one of the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced—head on.

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