Lead of Coding

Heritage Valley Health System; Sewickley (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Heritage Valley Health System seeks a Lead of Coding to provide strategic and operational leadership for the organization's coding program, ensuring data accuracy, integrity, and regulatory compliance.

The position focuses on optimizing reimbursement and driving documentation/coding improvements. You will develop and implement department strategies, oversee workflow and resources, and collaborate with physicians and health information teams to support performance and quality initiatives.

Qualifications

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

Skills

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Effective communication skills

Education

Associate degree in Health Information Management

Bachelor’s degree in HIM or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Electronic Medical Records (EMR)

Job description

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).