Remote Hospital Coding Quality & Compliance Analyst

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

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work eligibility

Job summary

Advocate Health is seeking an experienced Facility Coding Quality professional to support accurate hospital and professional coding practices. You will develop guidance, lead audits, and partner with clinical and education teams to improve documentation quality while ensuring regulatory compliance.

Ideal candidates have AHIMA or AAPC credentials and 5 years of hospital coding experience, with strong knowledge of ICD, CPT, and HCPCS, plus proficiency in EHR systems.

Qualifications

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

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.
• 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 Coding

CPT Coding

HCPCS Coding

Medical Terminology

Audit & Quality

Data Analysis

EHR Systems

Communication

Remote Work

Training Others

Education

Associate degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Video Conferencing

EHR Systems

Job description

Advocate Health is seeking an experienced Facility Coding Quality professional to support accurate hospital and professional coding practices. You will develop guidance, lead audits, and partner with clinical and education teams to improve documentation quality while ensuring regulatory compliance.

Ideal candidates have AHIMA or AAPC credentials and 5 years of hospital coding experience, with strong knowledge of ICD, CPT, and HCPCS, plus proficiency in EHR systems.