Remote Hospital Coding Quality and Compliance Analyst

Carolinas Medical Center; United States; Remote; USD 50,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work options

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Carolinas Medical Center seeks an experienced Facility/Hospital-Based Medical Coder to support coding quality audits, develop guidance, and ensure compliance with AHIMA and AHIMA standards across professional and hospital coding practices.

You will analyze coding quality data, prepare leadership reports, and collaborate with clinicians and education teams to improve documentation accuracy. Travel and remote-work options may be available as needed.

Qualifications

• 5 years of expert-level professional coding or hospital-based coding experience.
• Coding credentials required (AHIMA or AAPC such as RHIA/RHIT/CCS/CCS-P/CPC).
• Associate degree or equivalent education required.

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 for enterprise consistency.
• Coordinate and support coding quality audits by routing requests, maintaining records, and verifying documentation completeness and accuracy.
• 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 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

ICD CPT HCPCS knowledge

Auditing quality

Data trend analysis

Communication skills

Independent judgment

Team collaboration

Remote work experience

Microsoft Office

EHR systems proficiency

Education

Associate degree or equivalent education

Tools

Microsoft Office

Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems

Job description

Carolinas Medical Center seeks an experienced Facility/Hospital-Based Medical Coder to support coding quality audits, develop guidance, and ensure compliance with AHIMA and AHIMA standards across professional and hospital coding practices.

You will analyze coding quality data, prepare leadership reports, and collaborate with clinicians and education teams to improve documentation accuracy. Travel and remote-work options may be available as needed.