Remote Inpatient Coding Auditor & Educator

Datavant; Frankfort (KY); Remote; USD 48,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on Bonus

Equipment provided

401(k) with match

Comprehensive training

Mentorship/Supportive management

Remote work flexibility

Job summary

Datavant is seeking an Inpatient Auditing Specialist to lead inpatient facility coding audits, ensure DRG accuracy, and support onboarding, focused reviews, and payer inquiries. This role is fully remote with a flexible schedule tailored to healthcare coding workflows.

You will provide clear rationale, stay current with regulatory changes, and educate coders through the auditing process, upholding professional, customer‑focused service.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of facility inpatient coding experience and/or auditing.
• CCS (required), RHIA or RHIT preferred
• Maintain 95% DRG accuracy rate
• Experience with various software including 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 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 American Health Information Management Association’s 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 experience

Auditing

Communication

Customer service

Education

CCS

RHIA or RHIT preferred

Tools

Epic

Cerner

EMRs

Job description

Datavant is seeking an Inpatient Auditing Specialist to lead inpatient facility coding audits, ensure DRG accuracy, and support onboarding, focused reviews, and payer inquiries. This role is fully remote with a flexible schedule tailored to healthcare coding workflows.

You will provide clear rationale, stay current with regulatory changes, and educate coders through the auditing process, upholding professional, customer‑focused service.