Professional Coding Manager

78 HonorHealth Medical Group Support; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

HonorHealth is seeking a Coding Manager for Professional Services to lead the coding team across the HonorHealth Network. The role requires CPC certification, 5 years of physician coding experience, and 2 years in a leadership capacity within a physician office or central billing office.

Responsibilities include ensuring accurate coding, staff education, and compliance with payer requirements. The position involves remote work with periodic travel to the home office and physician practices to

Qualifications

• Certified Professional Coder (CPC) certification.
• 5 years physician coding experience; 2 years leadership in physician office or central billing office preferred.
• Bachelor's degree or 4 years healthcare experience in lieu of degree required.

Responsibilities

• Supervises daily activities and performance of the professional services coding staff.
• Ensures accurate and timely coding for professional billing across the organization.
• Oversees workload distribution, productivity, and quality assurance processes.
• Provides ongoing education, coaching, and training to staff and stakeholders.
• Coordinates with CDI program to support aligned goals and coding practices.
• Identifies opportunities to automate workflows and AI-driven tools to boost accuracy and efficiency.
• Ensures adherence to federal, state, and payer-specific coding regulations.

Skills

CPC Coding

Leadership

Education

Regulatory Compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Primary City/State: Deer Valley - 2500 W Utopia Rd Phoenix, AZ 85027 Category: Health Information Shift: Day Department: Coding Flexible work hours to accommodate provider meetings and educational sessions. Will regularly engage with providers, operational leaders, and cross-functional teams. The role is primarily remote; however, travel to the home office and physician practice locations is required as needed to support leadership, education, and operational initiatives. Great care starts with great people. (Like you.) At HonorHealth, you’ll find something special. From humble beginnings in 1927 to one of Arizona’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems, our culture is built on warmth and neighborly kindness. Behind every smile is a highly skilled professional with deep expertise and an unwavering dedication to what matters most — caring for the health and well-being of people and communities across the greater Phoenix area.

Responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY The Coding Manager for Professional Services is a Certified Professional Coder (CPC) responsible for the leadership, supervision, and performance of the professional services coding team across the HonorHealth Network. This position provides daily operational oversight, ensures high standards of coding accuracy and documentation, supports internal and external education needs, and ensures compliance with government and commercial payer requirements. The Coding Manager also plays a key role in organizational data analysis related to coding trends, communicating insights and leading improvement initiatives. This position collaborates closely with the Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) program and works with the CDI Manager to support aligned goals. The Coding Manager will additionally identify, evaluate, and implement automated workflows and AI-driven opportunities to enhance efficiency and accuracy within the coding department.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Supervises the daily activities and performance of the professional services coding staff.
• Ensures accurate and timely coding for all professional billing across the organization.
• Oversees workload distribution, productivity, and quality assurance processes.
• Conducts regular reviews of coding accuracy, documentation quality, and regulatory compliance.
• Provides ongoing education, coaching, and training to internal staff and external stakeholders.
• Serves as a resource for coding-related policies, guidelines, and payer requirements for government and commercial.
• Service as a resource for coding for new department build, provider onboarding and new business lines.
• Ensures adherence to federal, state, and payer‑specific coding regulations and guidelines.
• Maintains updated knowledge of CPT/HCPCS, ICD-10-CM, and all applicable regulatory updates.
• Guides staff in proper code assignment, documentation standards, and audit readiness.
• Analyzes coding trends at the provider and departmental levels.
• Communicates findings and recommend corrective or improvement strategies with Revenue Cycle, IT, CDI Manager and Operations as needed.
• Leads or supports performance improvement initiatives in collaboration with other departments.
• Works closely with the Manager of Clinical Documentation Improvement to support cohesive documentation and coding practices.
• Coordinates efforts to enhance the accuracy and completeness of clinical documentation.
• Identifies opportunities to enhance efficiency through automated workflows.
• Evaluates and implements AI-based tools to support coding accuracy, productivity, and compliance.
• Ensure the coding team is trained and ready to adopt new technologies effectively.
• All other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

Bachelors Required or Other / Certificate 4 years’ healthcare experience in lieu of degree. Required

EXPERIENCE

5 years, Physician coding experience Required 2 years, Leadership level working in physician office or central billing office Preferred

LICENSE AND CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Professional Coder (CPC) - Certification, AAPC Certified Professional Coder Required

ABOUT HONORHEALTH

We're all in for your career. Expert care from experts who care. At HonorHealth, you’ll find something special. Our culture is built on warmth and neighborly kindness, but behind every smile is a highly skilled professional with deep expertise and unwavering dedication. We’re delivering a healthcare experience that simply feels better through:

• Nine acute-care hospitals
• Over 200 primary, specialty and urgent care centers
• More than 17,000 team members and 4,000 medical staff Since 1927, we’ve been focused on doing what matters most — caring for people and communities across the greater Phoenix area.

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