Remote Lead Clinical Data & Coding Specialist

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York (NY); Remote; USD 49,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York seeks a Lead Clinical Data Specialist to advance accurate, compliant coding across Radiology. You will lead a team, mentor staff, and collaborate with clinical and IT partners to strengthen reimbursement, reporting, and research.

The role requires deep ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 expertise, experience in coding inpatient/outpatient encounters, and strong analytical skills.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED is required.
• 4–7 years of professional coding experience is required.
• Radiology coding is preferred.
• Current certified coding credential is required (e.g., CPC, CCS, CCS-P).
• Advanced knowledge of ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 coding guidelines for compliant billing and reporting.
• Experience reviewing inpatient and outpatient encounters, Radiology records, and coding edits is preferred.
• Proficiency with coding, clinical, billing and reporting systems, including Excel.
• Experience with Epic, HIS, CodeAssist or comparable platforms is highly relevant.

Responsibilities

• Review inpatient and outpatient encounters and assign ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 codes per principles and policies.
• Analyze medical records and treatment details to capture complete, specific clinical data.
• Identify and correct improper codes to support accurate reimbursement and regulatory reporting.
• Collaborate with HIM leadership, physicians, Revenue Integrity, Patient Billing, and Radiology leadership to resolve documentation and coding issues.
• Lead, train, and mentor Clinical Data Specialists; review their work and explain coding rationales.
• Serve as primary administrator for CodeAssist and coordinate with 3M CEE; assist with system testing and coding-rule adjustments.

Skills

High school diploma or GED

Professional coding experience (4–7)

ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 coding knowledge

CodeAssist administration

Epic/HIS/CodeAssist familiarity

Coding systems proficiency (Excel)

Radiology coding experience

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Epic

HIS

CodeAssist

Job description

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York seeks a Lead Clinical Data Specialist to advance accurate, compliant coding across Radiology. You will lead a team, mentor staff, and collaborate with clinical and IT partners to strengthen reimbursement, reporting, and research.

The role requires deep ICD-10-CM and CPT-4 expertise, experience in coding inpatient/outpatient encounters, and strong analytical skills.