Senior Inpatient Coder

Job Summary

To support a growing healthcare technology service, the full-time Senior Inpatient Coder will ensure the accuracy, compliance, and integrity of clinical coding while conducting audits, providing education, and collaborating with cross-functional teams in a remote environment.

Key responsibilities

• Lead routine and targeted coding audits to ensure compliance with coding guidelines
• Provide education and training based on audit results and regulatory updates
• Create and maintain performance metrics, including coder report cards, to track accuracy and productivity

Required qualifications

• Five or more years of combined medical coding experience, with at least three years in technical coding
• Associate's degree in Health Information Technology
• One AHIMA certification: RHIT or RHIA
• Demonstrated knowledge of DRGs, APCs, and APGs
• Experience with Epic or 3M encoder is a plus