Senior Inpatient Coding Auditor & Reviewer (Remote)

University of California - San Diego Medical Centers; United States; Remote; USD 82,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

University of California - San Diego Health is seeking an experienced Auditor to review, audit, and remediate deviations in inpatient facility coding. You will train coding staff, educate the workforce on coding, grouping, and documentation, and oversee query generation and approvals to ensure timely and accurate responses.

The role requires strong knowledge of audit standards, enterprise software, and relational databases, with the option for remote work as part of the engagement.

Qualifications

• Seven (7) years of related auditing experience in a large academic hospital system or a Bachelor's Degree plus three (3) years auditing experience.
• Thorough knowledge of the audit profession, theories and systems of internal control, and professional auditing standards.
• Gathers, organizes and performs analysis for moderately complex audit assignments.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to present sensitive information with diplomacy and in a clear and concise manner.
• May require specialized expertise in enterprise software and relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Review, audit, and remediation of deviations from compliant inpatient facility coding.
• Train the coding staff and educate workforce in coding, grouping, and documentation.
• Oversee generation and approvals of queries to ensure timely, appropriate response.
• Ensure all coding assignments and workflow achieve the intended result.
• Represent coding leadership at optimization, CDI, and interdisciplinary meetings.

Skills

Auditing

Internal controls

Data analysis

Communication skills

Relational databases

Enterprise software

Education

Bachelor's degree in related area

RHIT/RHIA/CCS credentials preferred

Job description

University of California - San Diego Health is seeking an experienced Auditor to review, audit, and remediate deviations in inpatient facility coding. You will train coding staff, educate the workforce on coding, grouping, and documentation, and oversee query generation and approvals to ensure timely and accurate responses.

The role requires strong knowledge of audit standards, enterprise software, and relational databases, with the option for remote work as part of the engagement.