Remote Hospital Coding Integrity & Quality Analyst

Advocate Health; Iowa; Remote; USD 49,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

Retirement plans

Job summary

Advocate Health is seeking an experienced Facility Coding Quality professional to support inpatient and professional coding accuracy across our enterprise. This role emphasizes high-risk topic reviews, coding guidance development, and quality audits within a remote-capable environment.

Qualified candidates will hold AHIMA/AAPC certifications, have 5 years of hospital-based coding experience, and excel in documentation, data analysis, and cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• Must hold AHIMA or AAPC coding certification.
• Associated degree or higher with coding experience.
• Minimum 5 years hospital coding experience.

Responsibilities

• Research, interpret, and apply coding, payer, and regulatory requirements to support accurate and compliant Professional and Hospital coding practices.
• Develop, maintain, and update coding guidance, standard work, reference materials, and position statements to ensure enterprise consistency.
• Coordinate and support coding quality audits by routing requests, maintaining records, and verifying documentation completeness and accuracy. Track audit findings, quality issues, and compliance risks, documenting patterns and supporting corrective actions.
• Analyze coding quality data and audit results to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Prepare summaries, reports, and materials for leadership, audit reviews, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Partner with Integrity Operations, coding leadership, clinicians, and education teams to improve documentation quality and coding accuracy.
• Support regulatory, compliance, and quality-related projects, ensuring adherence to organizational policies and AHIMA coding standards.
• Respond to internal inquiries related to coding guidance, quality findings, and audit outcomes.
• Support testing, reporting validation, and workflow updates related to coding quality, guidance, and compliance initiatives.

Skills

Inpatient coding

Auditing

Documentation

Data analysis

Communication

Remote work experience

Education

AHIMA/AAPC certification

Tools

EHR systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Advocate Health is seeking an experienced Facility Coding Quality professional to support inpatient and professional coding accuracy across our enterprise. This role emphasizes high-risk topic reviews, coding guidance development, and quality audits within a remote-capable environment.

Qualified candidates will hold AHIMA/AAPC certifications, have 5 years of hospital-based coding experience, and excel in documentation, data analysis, and cross-team collaboration.