Elite Ambulance
Orland Park, IL
Full-Time
$19.00 to $22.00 per hour, based on experience
Elite Ambulance is seeking an experienced Medical Coder to join our growing billing and revenue cycle team in Orland Park, IL. This position is ideal for a detail-oriented medical coding professional with strong experience reviewing healthcare documentation, assigning accurate diagnosis and procedure codes, ensuring billing compliance, and supporting clean claim submission.
As one of the Midwest’s leading private ambulance providers, Elite Ambulance supports patients, facilities, hospitals, nursing homes, and healthcare partners across Illinois and Indiana. Our Medical Coders play a critical role in helping our organization maintain accurate documentation, compliant coding practices, timely reimbursement, and strong communication across the billing and revenue cycle process.
Position Summary
The Medical Coder will be responsible for reviewing ambulance transport documentation, assigning accurate diagnosis and procedure codes, verifying medical necessity, identifying documentation gaps, supporting claim accuracy, and helping ensure compliance with payer, Medicare, Medicaid, and company billing guidelines.
Candidates must have at least 4 years of medical coding experience. Experience in ambulance billing, EMS, medical transportation, hospital billing, physician billing, or healthcare revenue cycle operations is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
The Medical Coder will:
Review ambulance transport records, patient care reports, trip documentation, facility paperwork, and supporting medical documentation.
Assign accurate ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes, HCPCS codes, modifiers, and other applicable billing codes.
Ensure coding accuracy for ambulance transportation claims.
Review documentation for medical necessity, payer requirements, authorization requirements, and billing compliance.
Identify missing, incomplete, or inconsistent documentation that may impact claim submission or reimbursement.
Work with billing team members to support clean claim submission and reduce coding-related denials.
Assist with reviewing denials, coding issues, claim rejections, and payer documentation requests.
Help determine appropriate coding based on Medicare, Medicaid, commercial insurance, managed care, and ambulance billing guidelines.
Communicate professionally with internal billing staff, operations team members, facilities, and leadership when additional information is needed.
Maintain accurate documentation of coding reviews, updates, and account notes.
Identify trends that may be causing denials, billing delays, or reimbursement issues.
Follow all HIPAA, compliance, privacy, documentation, and billing guidelines.
Support the billing department with additional coding, documentation review, and revenue cycle tasks as needed.
Requirements
Minimum 4 years of medical coding experience.
Strong knowledge of ICD-10-CM, HCPCS coding, modifiers, and healthcare billing documentation.
Experience reviewing medical records, clinical documentation, or transport documentation for coding accuracy.
Understanding of healthcare billing processes, payer requirements, and revenue cycle operations.
Ability to identify documentation gaps, coding errors, medical necessity issues, and claim submission concerns.
Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of a billing team.
Comfortable using billing software, payer portals, spreadsheets, medical records systems, and account management systems.
Knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, commercial insurance, managed care, or ambulance billing is highly preferred.
Ambulance billing, EMS, or non-emergency medical transportation coding experience is a plus.
Preferred Experience
Ambulance billing or EMS coding experience.
Medical transportation, hospital, physician office, healthcare provider, or medical billing company experience.
Experience with ICD-10-CM, HCPCS, modifiers, medical necessity review, payer guidelines, and denial support.
Experience reviewing documentation for compliance and clean claim submission.
Coding certification such as CPC, CCS, CCS-P, or similar certification is preferred but not required.
Experience supporting denial management, appeals, payer requests, and documentation audits.
Schedule
Full-time position.
Monday to Friday schedule.
In-person role based in Orland Park, IL.
Compensation
$19.00 to $22.00 per hour, based on experience.
Benefits
Health insurance.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
Paid time off.
401(k).
Opportunities for long-term growth within a large and established private ambulance organization.
About Elite Ambulance
Elite Ambulance is a leading private ambulance company serving communities, healthcare facilities, hospitals, and patients throughout Illinois and Indiana. Our team is committed to reliable medical transportation, professional patient care, accurate documentation, compliant billing practices, and strong partnerships with healthcare organizations across the Midwest.
Pay: $19.00 - $22.00 per hour
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
