Remote Inpatient Coding Quality Analyst

Advocate Health; Illinois; Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote opportunity

Health benefits

Retirement plans

Job summary

Advocate Health is seeking an experienced Revenue Cycle – Integrity Operations professional to support facility/hospital based inpatient coding quality. This role involves remote, Monday–Friday 1st shift, 40 hours weekly, with extensive coding guidance, audits, and regulatory compliance work.

Travel and remote-work expectations apply. The candidate should have coding credentials and 5+ years of expert-level coding experience, including ICD/CPT/HCPCS proficiency and strong data analysis skills.

Qualifications

• Coding credentials required.
• 5 years of experience in expert-level professional coding or hospital-based coding and experience in revenue cycle processes, health information workflows, and medical record auditing experience.
• Advanced knowledge of ICD, CPT, and HCPCS coding guidelines.
• Advanced knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology.
• Advanced ability to identify coding quality issues/concerns and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Advanced ability to analyze trends and data and display them in a statistical reporting format.
• Remote workforce operations experience required.
• Position requires travel which will result in exposure to road and weather hazards.

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 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

Coding quality audits

Data analysis

Audits coordination

Regulatory compliance

Documentation guidance

Tools

Microsoft Office

EHR systems

Job description

Advocate Health is seeking an experienced Revenue Cycle – Integrity Operations professional to support facility/hospital based inpatient coding quality. This role involves remote, Monday–Friday 1st shift, 40 hours weekly, with extensive coding guidance, audits, and regulatory compliance work.

Travel and remote-work expectations apply. The candidate should have coding credentials and 5+ years of expert-level coding experience, including ICD/CPT/HCPCS proficiency and strong data analysis skills.