Remote Inpatient Coding Auditor | Healthcare HIM | Contract Opportunity
Now Hiring: Inpatient Coding Auditor
Remote
Healthcare / Health Information Management (HIM)
Full-Time, 40 Hours/Week
Contract: October 2026 - January 2027
We are seeking an experienced Inpatient Coding Auditor to support coding quality initiatives, auditing, education, and compliance efforts within a leading healthcare organization. This role is ideal for a coding professional who enjoys mentoring others, improving coding accuracy, and serving as a subject matter expert in inpatient coding.
Key Responsibilities
✅ Perform inpatient coding audits to evaluate:
• ICD-10-CM/PCS code assignment
• MS-DRG assignment
• POA indicators
• Regulatory compliance
✅ Identify coding trends, risks, and educational opportunities
✅ Provide audit feedback, coaching, and coding education to coding staff
✅ Partner with Coding Leadership, CDI, Compliance, Revenue Cycle, and Billing teams
✅ Support coding quality initiatives, workflow optimization, and regulatory readiness
✅ Serve as a coding subject matter expert for complex coding and compliance questions
✅ Assist in onboarding, training, and mentoring coding team members
Required Qualifications
✔ Minimum 3 years of inpatient coding experience in an acute care hospital setting
✔ Experience with:
• ICD-10-CM
• ICD-10-PCS
• MS-DRG assignment
• Coding compliance and quality review
✔ Associate Degree in Health Information Management or equivalent combination of education and experience
✔ One of the following certifications:
• RHIA
• RHIT
• CCS
• CCS-P
• CIC
• COC
• CPC
Preferred Qualifications
⭐ 5+ years of inpatient coding experience
⭐ Previous coding audit experience
⭐ Coding education, mentoring, or training experience
⭐ Academic Medical Center experience
⭐ Bachelor's Degree in Health Information Management
⭐ RHIA, RHIT, or CCS certification
Ideal Candidate Background
• Inpatient Coding Auditor
• Senior Inpatient Coder
• Coding Quality Auditor
• HIM Auditor
• DRG Auditor
• Coding Educator
• Coding Compliance Specialist
Schedule
Flexible Schedule:
• 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM OR
• 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Multiple interview rounds and coding assessment required.
If you have strong acute care inpatient coding experience, expertise with MS-DRGs, and enjoy auditing, mentoring, and improving coding quality, we'd love to connect.
Apply today or message me directly to learn more.
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