Manager CDI & Inpatient Coding

Valley Children's Healthcare; California; Remote; USD 74,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

Valley Children's Healthcare seeks a Manager of Inpatient Coding and Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) to lead inpatient coding and CDI operations across the organization. The role partners with physicians, nursing, revenue cycle, compliance, and informatics to ensure accurate documentation, optimize reimbursement, and reduce denials while improving data quality.

The position emphasizes staff development, education, performance management, and data analytics to monitor key CDI metrics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Health Information Management, or related health care field.
• CCS certification is required.
• CDIP or CCDS certification is required.
• RHIT or RHIA preferred.
• Minimum five years related work experience (preferred).
• Minimum five years management experience (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for inpatient coding and CDI functions.
• Lead staff development, education and performance management to drive engagement and documentation improvement.
• Collaborate with physicians, nursing, revenue cycle, compliance and informatics to optimize accuracy and reimbursement.
• Monitor metrics (coding quality, case mix index, query effectiveness) and drive continuous improvements.

Skills

CDI leadership experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nursing/Health Information Management or related

Job description

Job Summary

The Manager of Inpatient Coding and Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) provides strategic and operational leadership to ensure accurate, complete, and compliant clinical documentation and coded data across inpatient services. This role oversees daily coding and CDI operations, establishes performance standards, and ensures alignment with regulatory requirements and organizational goals. The manager partners closely with physicians, nursing, revenue cycle, compliance, and informatics teams to drive documentation integrity, optimize reimbursement, reduce denials, and enhance the quality and reliability of clinical data. Serves as a critical dyad partner with the organizations CDI Physician Champion.

Job Summary

The Manager of Inpatient Coding and Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) provides strategic and operational leadership to ensure accurate, complete, and compliant clinical documentation and coded data across inpatient services. This role oversees daily coding and CDI operations, establishes performance standards, and ensures alignment with regulatory requirements and organizational goals. The manager partners closely with physicians, nursing, revenue cycle, compliance, and informatics teams to drive documentation integrity, optimize reimbursement, reduce denials, and enhance the quality and reliability of clinical data. Serves as a critical dyad partner with the organizations CDI Physician Champion. This position is responsible for leading staff development, education, and performance management; advancing physician engagement and documentation improvement efforts; and leveraging data analytics to monitor key metrics such as coding quality, case mix index, and query effectiveness. The manager ensures adherence to federal and payer requirements, supports audit readiness, and leads continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen both financial outcomes and clinical data integrity across the organization.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelors Degree - 4 year Nursing, Health Information Management, or related health care area (required) Or

Licenses and Certifications

• CCS - Certified Coding Specialist - AHIMA - American Health Information Management Association (required)
• CDIP - Clinical Documentation Integrity Practitioner - AHIMA - American Health Information Management Association (required) Or
• CCDS - Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist - ACDIS - Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (required)
• RHIT - Registered Health Information Technician - AHIMA - American Health Information Management Association (preferred) Or
• RHIA - Registered Health Information Administrator - AHIMA - American Health Information Management Association (preferred)

Work Experience

• Minimum five (5) years Related work experience (preferred)
• Minimum five (5) years Management experience (preferred)

Skills And Abilities

• Experience implementing a hospital clinical documentation improvement program is preferred.

Additional Job Details

• This is a remote position, with the expectation that the individual may need to come onsite a few times throughout the year.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Compensation Range

$53.52 - $77.55

Workshift

Day (United States of America)

Position Exempt

Yes

FTE %

100

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Daily Hours

8