Remote Facility Coding Quality Analyst

Advocate Health; Provo (UT); Remote; USD 49,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and welfare benefits

Paid Time Off

Flexible Spending Accounts

Adoption assistance

Educational Assistance Program

Job summary

Advocate Health is seeking an experienced coding quality auditor to support professional and hospital coding practices, ensuring accuracy and adherence to AHIMA coding standards. The role focuses on developing guidance and validating documentation to sustain enterprise-wide consistency across coding workflows.

You will lead audits, analyze trends, and collaborate with Integrity Operations, coding leadership, clinicians, and education teams to improve documentation quality and coding accuracy.

Qualifications

• Certification from AHIMA or AAPC required (RHIA/RHIT/CCS/CCS-P/CPC).
• 5 years in expert-level professional coding or hospital-based coding.
• Experience with revenue cycle processes and medical record auditing.
• Advanced knowledge of ICD, CPT, HCPCS guidelines and medical terminology.
• Ability to analyze trends, produce reports, and present findings.

Responsibilities

• Research, interpret, and apply coding, payer, and regulatory requirements for accurate professional and hospital coding.
• Develop and maintain coding guidance, standard work, and reference materials for enterprise consistency.
• Coordinate and support coding quality audits, verify documentation completeness and accuracy.
• Track audit findings, quality issues, and compliance risks; document patterns and corrective actions.
• Analyze coding quality data and audit results to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Prepare summaries and reports for leadership, audits, and quality initiatives.
• Partner with Integrity Operations and clinicians to improve documentation quality and coding accuracy.
• Support regulatory and quality projects; adhere to AHIMA coding standards.
• Respond to inquiries related to coding guidance and audit outcomes.
• Assist with testing, reporting validation, and workflow updates for coding quality initiatives.

Skills

Facility/ hospital coding

Audit analysis

Data trend analysis

Documentation quality

Independent judgment

Regulatory compliance

Communication skills

Education

Associate degree or equivalent education and experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

EHR systems

Job description

Advocate Health is seeking an experienced coding quality auditor to support professional and hospital coding practices, ensuring accuracy and adherence to AHIMA coding standards. The role focuses on developing guidance and validating documentation to sustain enterprise-wide consistency across coding workflows.

You will lead audits, analyze trends, and collaborate with Integrity Operations, coding leadership, clinicians, and education teams to improve documentation quality and coding accuracy.