Coding Supervisor

Montefiore Nyack; Village of Nyack (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Montefiore Nyack is seeking a Medical Coding Supervisor to oversee daily coding operations for inpatient and outpatient services. The position ensures accurate, timely, and compliant coding and supports the HIM coding manager in enforcing standards.

The role requires leading the coding team, monitoring productivity and quality, and coordinating audits and denials handling while maintaining timely billing processes in a hospital setting.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of coding experience in Inpatient and Outpatient settings.
• Minimum 3 years in a leadership or supervisory role.
• Candidates with RHIT/RHIA along with CCS/CCSP and/or CPC will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily workflow for inpatient and outpatient staff.
• Monitor productivity, accuracy, and quality metrics in the supervisor's absence; implement improvement plans.
• Review and audit outpatient coded records for ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT/HCPCS guidelines.
• Accurately assign codes to meet established guidelines (ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT-4, HCPCS, Modifiers).
• Support coding related to denials and appeals process.
• Ensure timely coding to meet billing and compliance guidelines.
• Maintain work queues within 72 hours.
• Review LCD/NCD edits to ensure diagnoses are captured and documented correctly.

Skills

Leadership

Coding supervision

Regulatory compliance

Productivity monitoring

Interdepartmental liaison

Denials & appeals

ICD-10-CM/PCS/CPT knowledge

Education

RHIT/RHIA

CCS/CCSP

CPC

Job description

## Coding SupervisorApplylocations: 160 North Midland Avenuetime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Yesterdayjob requisition id: JR231914**City/State:**Nyack, New York**Department:**Health Information Management**Work Shift:**Day**Work Days:**MON-FRI**Scheduled Hours:**7:30 AM-4 PM**Scheduled Daily Hours:**8 HOURS**Hours Per Pay Period:**40**Pay Rate/Range:**$85,000.00-$92,000.00**Job Summary** The Medical Coding Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the hospital coding team, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant coding of inpatient and outpatient medical records. This role supports the HIM coding manager by enforcing coding standards and assisting in maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements. **Essential Functions*** C. Job Specific Contacts 1. General Contacts: Administrators, Directors, Department heads and other staff, Vendors. Liaison with IT, PFS, Physicians. Other departments as required provide and implement solutions to issues encountered within coding. 2. Job Provides Direction to: N/A D. Environment and Demands 1. Environmental Demands: Describe the physical environment in which the job must be performed. 2. Essential Physical and Cognitive Demands, Manual Dexterity: Describe the physical efforts, manual dexterity and cognitive skills required for the job (i.e., eye/hand coordination, lifting, pulling, walking, concentration, analysis, customer sensitivity, etc.). B. MISSION/STRATEGIC PLAN: Demonstrates support of the mission and strategic action plan through the initiation and ongoing implementation/evaluation of department activities/plans. C. JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES: Demonstrates the technical/professional knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for the successful operations of the department including, where applicable, age specific competence. \* 1. Support the coding manager in coordinating daily workflow for inpatient and outpatient staff. 2. Assist in monitoring productivity, accuracy, and quality metrics in the absence of the coding manager; implement performance improvement plans as needed to optimize coding with the coding manager. 3. Review and audit outpatient coded records to ensure compliance with ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, and CPT/HCPCS guidelines. 4. Accurately assign codes to meet established coding guidelines, including ICD-10CM, ICD-10 PCS, CPT-4, HCPCS, and Modifiers. 5. Support coding related to denials and appeals process. 6. Ensure timely coding to meet billing and compliance guidelines. 7. Maintaining work queues within 72 hours. 8. Assist in reviewing Local coverage determinations (LCD)/National Coverage Determinations (NCD) edits to ensure that diagnoses are accurately captured and documented. \* Document on addendum age specific competency. Part II: Employee Performance Standards A. CUSTOMER SERVICE: 1. Demonstrates personal excellence in customer service for both internal and external customers. 2. Holds staff accountable for the delivery of excellent customer service. 3. Participates in team efforts to increase the level of customer satisfaction. B. PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT: 1. Demonstrates the ability to recognize an opportunity for improvement and to collect and assess data. 2. Demonstrates the ability to develop, implement and evaluate a Performance Improvement Plan. 3. Participates in Departmental/Hospital-wide activities which improve processes/outcomes. 4. Utilizes resources to maintain and improve self knowledge and development and fosters the same for employees. 5. Demonstrates compliance with licensure/certification requirements and the timeliness of their submission. D. PROJECTS/ASSIGNMENTS: 1. Completes projects/assignments within projected time frames and expectations.**Qualifications*** At least 5 years coding (Inpatient/Outpatient), HIM experience, and minimum 3 years’ experience in leadership or supervisory role.* Required RHIT/RHIA along with CCS/CCSP, CPC with extensive coding knowledge will be considered.