Remote Inpatient Coding Auditor - Flexible Schedule

Datavant; Denver (CO); Remote; USD 48,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equipment: monitor, laptop, mouse, and

Job summary

Datavant is seeking an Inpatient Auditing Specialist to conduct facility inpatient coding audits per scope, provide detailed rationale for changes, and stay current with regulatory updates. The role supports onboarding, focus reviews, and SLAs, with remote, flexible scheduling and potential PRN IA/IP auditing support.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in inpatient coding/auditing, CCS (required) and experience with Epic/Cerner EMRs, and a strong commitment to accuracy and education within a

Qualifications

• 5+ years of facility inpatient coding experience and/or auditing.
• CCS (required), 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 reviews, using appropriate codes and DRG logic.
• Provides rationale explaining the reasoning behind changes with references and documentation locations.
• Keeps abreast of regulatory changes.
• Organizes and prioritizes multiple cases to ensure workflow and turnaround time.
• Provides coder education via the auditing process.
• Adhere to AHIMA's code of ethics.
• Customer-service focused and professional, flexible and dependable.
• High complexity of work function and decision-making.
• Strong organizational, teamwork, and leadership skills.

Skills

Inpatient coding

Auditing

Query writing

Education

CCS (required)

RHIA or RHIT preferred

Tools

Epic

Cerner

Job description

Datavant is seeking an Inpatient Auditing Specialist to conduct facility inpatient coding audits per scope, provide detailed rationale for changes, and stay current with regulatory updates. The role supports onboarding, focus reviews, and SLAs, with remote, flexible scheduling and potential PRN IA/IP auditing support.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in inpatient coding/auditing, CCS (required) and experience with Epic/Cerner EMRs, and a strong commitment to accuracy and education within a