Director, Inpatient Coding and Compliance
Core
Lead inpatient coding, compliance, and clinical documentation enhancement programs to ensure accurate medical information management for patient care, teaching, research, and reimbursement.
Role type
Senior leadership health information management director
Builds
High-quality coding services, compliance programs, and data quality management systems for a multi-site health system
Domain
Healthcare administration and medical information management
Required skills
Strategic program management, staff leadership, compliance plan oversight, data quality monitoring, performance analysis, cross-functional collaboration, regulatory knowledge (CMS), coding classification expertise (ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT-4), abstracting management
Preferred skills
15+ years of relevant experience, advanced credentialing beyond RHA
Technologies
ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT-4, abstracting systems, data marts, information warehouse
Responsibilities
Manage department staff, programs, and policies for coding and compliance; analyze performance to assess coding quality and recommend improvements; oversee compliance plans including training and corrective actions; resolve intra- and inter-departmental issues; provide administrative direction for inpatient and outpatient coding; benchmark program results against peer organizations; support administrative and research needs by retrieving abstracted data.
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership and operational management