Manager CDI & Inpatient Coding

LE01 Valley Children's Hospital; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Valley Children's Healthcare seeks a Manager of Inpatient Coding and CDI to provide strategic and operational leadership across inpatient services. The role oversees daily coding and CDI operations, aligns with regulatory requirements, and partners with physicians, nursing, revenue cycle, and compliance to drive documentation accuracy and maximize reimbursement.

The position requires professional credentials (CCS, CDIP, CCDS) and a Bachelor's degree in Nursing or Health Information Management,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Health Information Management, or related health care area (required)
• CCS certification (required)
• CDIP certification (required)
• CCDS certification (required)
• RHIT or RHIA (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for inpatient coding and CDI programs
• Lead staff development, education, and performance management
• Collaborate with physicians, nursing, revenue cycle, compliance, and informatics to improve documentation integrity and reimbursement
• Ensure adherence to federal and payer requirements and audit readiness

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or Health Information Management

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)
• 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

Compensation Range: $53.52 - $77.55

Position Details

Workshift: Day (United States of America)
Position Exempt: Yes
FTE %: 100
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Daily Hours: 8

Company

Valley Children's Healthcare - one of the largest pediatric healthcare networks in the nation - provides Central California's only high-quality, comprehensive care exclusively for children, from before birth to young adulthood. With more than 670 physicians and 3,500 staff, Valley Children's delivers high-quality, comprehensive care to more than 1.3 million children in our service area. Our network offers highly specialized medical and surgical services to care for children with conditions ranging from common to the highly complex at our 358-bed stand-alone children's hospital that includes 28 regional NICU beds. Our family-centered, pediatric services extend from a leading pediatric cancer and blood disorders center home on the West Coast, and a pediatric heart center known for its expertise and pioneering treatments, to a Regional Level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), the highest level referral center between Los Angeles and the Bay Area. We participate in community initiatives, we support community efforts, we get involved where we can do the most good.

Disclaimer: Final compensation will be dependent upon skills and experience.