Remote Hospital Coding Quality & Integrity Analyst

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health and welfare benefits

Paid Time Off

Educational Assistance Program

Retirement plans

Job summary

Advocate Health is seeking an experienced Facility Coding Quality professional to support enterprise coding quality across professional and hospital coding practices. The role emphasizes regulatory compliance, AHIMA coding standards, and collaboration with clinical and education teams.

The ideal candidate will have 5 years of coding experience, AHIMA or AAPC certifications, and a strong ability to analyze trends and improve documentation quality. Remote work available for eligible states.

Qualifications

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

ICD coding

CPT guidelines

Regulatory compliance

Audit coordination

Documentation systems

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 enterprise coding quality across professional and hospital coding practices. The role emphasizes regulatory compliance, AHIMA coding standards, and collaboration with clinical and education teams.

The ideal candidate will have 5 years of coding experience, AHIMA or AAPC certifications, and a strong ability to analyze trends and improve documentation quality. Remote work available for eligible states.