Facility Inpatient Coding Audit Team Lead
About The Position
GeBBS Healthcare Solutions is seeking an experienced Facility Inpatient Coding Audit Team Lead to provide technical leadership and hands-on auditing support for its growing facility coding team. The primary focus is facility inpatient auditing; outpatient facility auditing experience is highly preferred. The role is divided approximately equally between coding audit and compliance work and team leadership. It includes auditing inpatient facility coding, providing education and feedback to coding professionals, coordinating daily audit work, monitoring team performance, and supporting process improvements. The team lead also prepares reports and dashboards and collaborates with operational leadership and remote and global audit teams.
Requirements
- RHIA, RHIT, or CCS certification.
- At least 3 years of inpatient facility coding auditing experience.
- Ability to maintain production expectations.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States.
Nice To Haves
- Previous experience leading, mentoring, or serving as a senior resource for coding auditors.
- Outpatient facility auditing experience.
- Experience supporting remote and/or offshore coding teams.
Responsibilities
- Perform comprehensive inpatient facility coding audits, focusing on MS-DRGs, ICD-10-CM/PCS, POA indicators, discharge disposition, and quality measures.
- Validate clinical documentation for accurate code assignment and regulatory compliance.
- Identify coding trends, reimbursement opportunities, and compliance risks.
- Provide education and feedback to coding professionals based on audit findings.
- Maintain audit quality and production expectations while supporting continuous process improvement.
- Create and assign daily audit batches and balance team workloads.
- Monitor audit production and ensure established turnaround times and quality expectations are met.
- Serve as the primary escalation point for audit-related questions and operational issues.
- Train and onboard new auditors and provide ongoing mentorship and coaching.
- Conduct biannual Auditor Technical Assessments (ATA) and support performance evaluations.
- Prepare audit reports, productivity metrics, and quality dashboards for leadership.
- Partner with operational leadership to identify workflow improvements and implement best practices.
- Foster collaboration across remote and global audit teams while promoting coding excellence.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
