Remote Inpatient Coding Auditor & Education Lead

Datavant; Olympia (WA); Remote; USD 48,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Datavant is seeking an Inpatient Auditing Specialist for a fully remote role in the United States. You will perform inpatient facility coding audits, provide detailed rationale for changes, and stay current with regulatory updates.

The role emphasizes high productivity, quality, and independence across multiple clients. Applicants should have 5+ years of inpatient coding/auditing, CCS/RHIA/RHIT preferred, and experience with Epic, Cerner, and EMRs.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of facility inpatient coding experience and/or auditing.
• CCS (preferred), RHIA or RHIT preferred.
• Maintain 95% DRG accuracy rate.
• Experience with Epic, Cerner, and other prevalent EMRs.

Responsibilities

• Performs Inpatient Facility coding audits according to scope of work, for Onboarding, Focused, Service Level Agreements or Other Types of reviews, using appropriate assignment of codes and other coding-related elements using MS DRG or APR DRGs.
• Provides rich and concise rationale explaining the reasoning behind any identified changes, including specific references, location of documentation, etc.
• Keeps abreast of regulatory changes.
• Organizes and prioritizes multiple cases concurrently to ensure optimal workflow and turnaround time
• Provides coder education via the auditing process
• Function in a professional, efficient, and positive manner
• Adhere to the AHIMA code of ethics
• Must be customer-service focused and exhibit professionalism, flexibility, dependability, desire to learn, commitment to excellence and commitment to profession.
• High complexity of work function and decision making
• Strong organizational, teamwork, and leadership skills

Skills

Inpatient coding

Query writing

Time management

Multi-client coordination

Problem-solving

Auditing

Education

CCS (preferred)

RHIA or RHIT preferred

Tools

Epic

Cerner

EMRs

Job description

Datavant is seeking an Inpatient Auditing Specialist for a fully remote role in the United States. You will perform inpatient facility coding audits, provide detailed rationale for changes, and stay current with regulatory updates.

The role emphasizes high productivity, quality, and independence across multiple clients. Applicants should have 5+ years of inpatient coding/auditing, CCS/RHIA/RHIT preferred, and experience with Epic, Cerner, and EMRs.