Supervisor, Professional Fee Coding

Alameda Health Sytem; San Leandro (CA); On-site; USD 57,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Alameda Health System in San Leandro seeks a Supervisor, Professional Fee Coding to back up the Coding Manager and oversee daily management activities. You will train staff, perform quality reviews, and stay current with ICD-10-CM and CPT changes to ensure compliant charges.

This role coordinates with physicians and healthcare professionals, monitors regulatory updates, assigns tasks, supervises outsourced coders, and supports revenue integrity across departments to ensure accurate visit coding

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED or Associate's degree and one coding certification (CCS/CCS-P/CPC) required.
• Five years' coding experience in healthcare required, including chart audit, professional fee coding, charge capture or billing.
• Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), CCS-P or CPC required; RHIA/RHIT preferred.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with physicians and health care professionals to clarify documentation for code assignment.
• Monitor updates to ICD-10-CM and CPT; implement changes in coding practices.
• Perform supervisory functions: task assignment, conflict resolution, resource allocation.
• Supervise coding staff daily, including outsourced coders.
• Perform quality reviews to validate codes and reimbursements.
• Train coding staff and collaborate with related departments to ensure accurate coding.

Skills

Coding experience

Communication with clinicians

Education

High school diploma or GED or Associate's degree

RHIA/RHIT preferred

Bachelor's degree in business/healthcare (preferred)

Job description

Supervisor, Professional Fee Coding Internal Only

Available to current Alameda Health System employees only

• San Leandro, CA
• Information Systems
• Health Information Servcies
• Full Time - Day
• Management
• $41.43- $69.05 / Hour
• Req #: 44722-33256
• FTE: 1
• Posted: September 17, 2026

SUMMARY: Back up to the coding manager to cover daily management activities. Performs related duties as required. Under general direction performs training and quality reviews for coding staff to validate charges. Research coder questions for PB charge review. Stay up to date with all yearly changes to ICD-10-CM and CPT changes.

DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: NOTE: Following are the duties performed by employees in this classification. However, employees may perform other related duties at an equivalent level. Not all duties listed are necessarily performed by each individual in the classification.

• 1. Communicates with physicians and health care professionals on an ongoing basis to clarify supportive documentation for code assignment.
• 2. Monitors governmental and insurance industry information for updates/changes to standard coding practices and procedures, including updating correct code assignments as required.
• 3. Performs standard supervisory functions, including task assignment, conflict resolution and allocating staff resources.
• 4. Provides daily supervision of the coding staff, including outsourced vendor coders.
• 5. Performs quality reviews for coding staff in order to validate code and reimbursement assignments.
• 6. Assists the Coding Manager and attends professional meetings as needed.
• 7. Training coding staff as needed.
• 8. Working with the Patient Access, Patient Financial Services, Revenue Integrity, and Quality departments ensures accuracy, consistency, and efficiency in relation to the visit and code assignment for reimbursement and reporting purposes and conventions.
• 9. Organize and prioritize all work to ensure that records are coded in timeframes that will assure compliance with regulatory requirements.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities as well as possession of any required licenses or certifications is qualifying.

Required Education: High school diploma, GEDor Associate's degree and one of the required coding certifications from an accredited/certifying organization.

Preferred Education: Associate or Bachelor of Science degree in business, healthcare, or related field.

Required Experience: Five years' coding experience within a healthcare environment, including chart audit, professional fee coding, charge capture, or billing experience.

Required Licenses/Certifications: Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certified Coding Specialist-Professional (CCS-P) or Certified Professional Coder (CPC).

Preferred Licenses/Certifications: Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) or Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT).

Pay Range: $41.43- $69.05 / Hour

The pay range for this position reflects the base pay scale for the role at Alameda Health System. Final compensation will be determined based on several factors, including but not limited to a candidate’s experience, education, skills, licensure and certifications, departmental equity, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and the operational needs of the organization. Alameda Health System also offers eligible positions a generous comprehensive benefits program.