Lead Coding

Heritage Valley Health System; North Sewickley (PA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Heritage Valley Health System is seeking a Lead of Coding to provide strategic and operational leadership for the health system’s coding program. This role ensures accuracy, integrity, and compliance of clinical data, optimizes reimbursement, and drives improvements in documentation and coding operations.

The Lead will develop departmental strategies, oversee workflow and resources, and collaborate with physicians, clinical staff, coding professionals, and health information teams to enhance

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in Health Information Management or related field.
• Certifications: CCA, CCS, RHIT, or CCDS.
• Minimum 5 years experience in coding or health information management.
• Knowledge of ICD-10, CPT, MS-DRG/APR-DRG, APC, and coding compliance standards.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to influence organizational priorities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and EMR systems.
• Effective communication with physicians, clinical staff, and coding teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for the coding program.
• Ensure accuracy, integrity, and compliance of clinical data.
• Optimize reimbursement and drive documentation and coding improvements.
• Oversee workflow, resources, and process improvements.
• Collaborate with physicians, clinical staff, coding professionals, and health information teams to improve documentation quality.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Influence priorities

Education

Associates degree in Health Information Management

Bachelor’s degree in Health Information Management or similar

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

EMR systems

Job description

Department: Coding

Work Hours: Full Time. Monday – Friday, primarily daylight. Occasional off hours support as needed.

Basic Function

The Lead of Coding assists with providing strategic and operational leadership for the Health System’s coding program. This role assists in ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and compliance of clinical data, optimizes reimbursement, and drives initiatives to enhance documentation and coding operations. The lead helps develop and implement departmental strategies, oversee workflow and resource allocation, and drive process improvements. Collaborates with physicians, clinical staff, coding professionals, and health information teams to improve documentation quality, maintain regulatory compliance and support performance improvement initiatives and quality improvement goals

Qualifications

Required

• Associate’s degree in Health Information Management, or related field. Will consider equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Certified Coding Associate (CCA), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), or Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS).
• Minimum 5 years of experience in coding or health information management.
• Knowledge of ICD-10, CPT, MS-DRG/APR-DRG, APC, and coding compliance standards.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to influence organizational priorities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and electronic medical records.
• Effective communication skills with physicians, clinical staff, and coding teams.

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree (MHI, MHA, or similar).