Manager CDI & Inpatient Coding

Valley Children's Healthcare; Madera (CA); On-site; USD 111,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

Valley Children's Healthcare seeks a Manager of Inpatient Coding and CDI to provide strategic leadership for accurate inpatient documentation and coding. You will oversee daily CDI operations, drive performance standards, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements while aligning with organizational goals.

You will collaborate with physicians, nursing, revenue cycle, compliance, and informatics to optimize reimbursement, reduce denials, and improve data quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in nursing, health information management, or related field.
• CCS, CDIP or CCDS certification required; RHIT/RHIA preferred.
• Minimum five years related work experience preferred; management experience preferred.
• Experience implementing a hospital CDI program preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for inpatient coding and CDI.
• Oversee daily coding/CDI operations and establish performance standards.
• Partner with physicians, nursing, revenue cycle, compliance and informatics to improve documentation integrity.
• Lead staff development, education, and performance management; drive physician engagement.

Skills

CDI program experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Health Information Management, or related health care area

CCS - Certified Coding Specialist (required)

CDIP - Clinical Documentation Integrity Practitioner (required)

CCDS - Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (required)

RHIT - Registered Health Information Technician (preferred)

RHIA - Registered Health Information Administrator (preferred)

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.
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.

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