Inpatient Coding & Data Quality Specialist

Staffmark Group; Lenexa (KS); In loco; USD 70.000 - 100.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Hunter Hamilton is seeking an experienced Inpatient Coding and Data Quality Analyst to ensure accuracy, standardization, and integrity of healthcare data across analytics and reporting initiatives. You will serve as a subject matter expert in coding systems and guidelines, driving data quality improvements through audits, remapping, and process optimization.

This role requires extensive ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT, HCPCS knowledge and collaboration with hospitals and internal teams.

Competenze

• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.

Mansioni

• Serve as SME in ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT, and HCPCS coding systems and guidelines.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize clinical transaction classification and charge code systems.
• Review and improve hospital charge-to-classification mappings for accuracy and completeness.
• Monitor regulatory updates and communicate impacts to stakeholders.
• Identify gaps in terminology mapping and recommend standardization improvements.
• Provide coding guidance and best practices to internal teams and external partners.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on coding initiatives and data integrity.
• Support data acquisition processes from participating hospitals to ensure timely submissions.
• Remap misclassified or legacy charges to updated codes.
• Investigate root causes of coding-related data quality issues and propose resolutions.
• Lead data quality improvement initiatives related to coding and classification.
• Develop tools and procedures to improve data submission processes.
• Respond to inquiries related to coding, data submissions, and research initiatives.

Descrizione del lavoro

Hunter Hamilton is seeking an experienced Inpatient Coding and Data Quality Analyst to ensure accuracy, standardization, and integrity of healthcare data across analytics and reporting initiatives. You will serve as a subject matter expert in coding systems and guidelines, driving data quality improvements through audits, remapping, and process optimization.

This role requires extensive ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT, HCPCS knowledge and collaboration with hospitals and internal teams.