Certified Medical Coder - Auditor / Educator

Favorite Healthcare Staffing; Kansas City (MO); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Favorite Healthcare Staffing partners with a Kansas City healthcare system to hire a Coding Specialist / Auditor and Educator. You will conduct coding audits, identify compliance risks, and educate physicians, APPs, and coding staff to improve documentation and reimbursement.

This full-time, onsite role offers some hybrid flexibility and requires RHIT/RHIA/CCS/CPC credentials with 5+ years of coding experience; strong communication and collaboration with Compliance and Revenue Integrity teams

Qualifications

• 5+ years of inpatient, outpatient, or physician coding experience.
• RHIT, RHIA, CCS, or CPC credential.
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of coding audits, compliance, and documentation standards.

Responsibilities

• Conduct professional/physician coding audits to evaluate accuracy, documentation, compliance, and reimbursement.
• Identify coding risks, trends, and opportunities for improvement.
• Provide coding education to physicians, APPs, and coding staff.
• Support accurate E/M coding and documentation guideline compliance.
• Partner with Compliance, Revenue Integrity, CDI, and Provider Leadership.
• Prepare audit findings, reports, and supporting documentation.
• Assist with coding and billing improvement initiatives.

Skills

Auditing experience

Provider education

Education delivery

Coding accuracy

Education

RHIT

RHIA

CCS

CPC

Tools

Report design

Job description

A leading healthcare system in Kansas City, MO is seeking an experienced Coding Specialist / Auditor and Educator to join their Audit & Compliance team! This role is ideal for a professional coder with auditing and/or provider education experience who wants to support coding accuracy, compliance, documentation integrity, and appropriate reimbursement across the organization.

Title: Coding Specialist / Auditor and Educator

Job Type: Permanent / Direct Hire

Location: Kansas City, MO (Onsite, some flexibility for hybrid)

Schedule: Full-time, Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-4:30 PM

Position Overview:

The Professional Coding Auditor and Educator ensures accurate, compliant, and optimized professional/physician coding across the organization. This position performs coding audits, identifies compliance risks and revenue opportunities, and provides education to physicians, APPs, and coding staff.

The role partners with Compliance, Revenue Integrity, CDI, and Provider Leadership to reduce audit risk, improve documentation, and promote professional coding best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct professional/physician coding audits to evaluate accuracy, documentation, compliance, and reimbursement
• Identify coding risks, trends, and opportunities for improvement
• Provide coding education to physicians, APPs, and coding staff
• Support accurate E/M coding and documentation guideline compliance
• Partner with Compliance, Revenue Integrity, CDI, and Provider Leadership
• Prepare audit findings, reports, and supporting documentation
• Assist with coding and billing improvement initiatives
• RHIT, RHIA, CCS, or CPC credential
• 5+ years of inpatient, outpatient, or physician coding experience
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional/physician coding experience
• 3+ years of coding auditing and/or provider education experience
• Strong E/M coding and documentation knowledge
• Multi-specialty or academic medical center experience
• Experience with report design and creation