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Fully Remote, Outpatient Professional Fee Coder: Family Practice, Assisted Living, Nursing Home Visits
Posted Aug 5, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time your coding was audited. What did you learn?
What they are checking: Whether they take feedback well and use audit results to improve their accuracy.
How do you keep up with yearly ICD-10-CM and CPT updates?
What they are checking: Whether they have a real routine for staying current, since outdated codes cause denials.
How do you stay focused and organized working fully remote with no one checking in?
What they are checking: Whether they are self-directed enough to work independently and protect patient information at home.
What would you do
A provider selected a level 5 visit, but the documentation looks more like a level 3. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they will revise code selection based on documentation and communicate it to the provider professionally.
How do you balance productivity targets with accuracy when you're working remotely?
What they are checking: Whether they can meet output expectations without sacrificing correct code assignment.
About the work
Walk me through how you decide an E&M level for an office visit, and whether you lean on medical decision making or time.
What they are checking: Whether they apply current E&M guidelines correctly and can explain the basis for a chosen level.
How does coding a nursing home visit differ from coding a regular office visit?
What they are checking: Whether they know place-of-service and visit code differences for assisted living and nursing facility settings.
How do you handle a claim edit you've never seen before?
What they are checking: Whether they research edits using reliable sources and fix the root cause, not just push the claim through.
When would you send a query to a provider, and how do you word it so it isn't leading?
What they are checking: Whether they understand compliant query practice and avoid steering providers toward higher codes.
When would you add a modifier 25 to an E&M visit, and what documentation do you need to support it?
What they are checking: Whether they understand modifier rules that are common audit targets in primary care coding.
What encoding software and references have you used, and how do you use them on a tough chart?
What they are checking: Whether they use tools to confirm codes rather than relying only on memory.
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