Inpatient Coding Manager
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Job Description
Inpatient coding manager leading supervisors, audits, compliance, and budgets for Franciscan Health’s Indiana hospital system. Remote role supporting standardized coding operations and revenue-cycle accuracy.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement coding strategies
- Provide operational leadership for efficient coding processes
- Supervise staff and oversee Coding Supervisors
- Manage coworker performance through coaching, feedback, and development
- Oversee auditing and education programs for accurate and compliant inpatient coding and billing
- Lead coding operations, corporate coding policy and procedure development, and enforcement
- Perform problem identification and root cause analysis and develop solutions
- Assist with organizational coding compliance plan development and implementation
- Serve as liaison for regional meetings, projects, and teams interacting with coding
- Assist with coding-related department builds and revisions
- Assist with inquiries, audits, and denials from third-party agencies
- Analyze and interpret disease and procedure classifications and terminologies as a nosologist
- Serve as subject matter expert on diagnosis and procedure codes, coding guidelines, medical terminology, anatomy/physiology, reimbursement, payer guidelines, public reporting, quality measures, and coded data
- Maintain expertise in Franciscan coding software tools and assist with workflow development and maintenance
- Identify and implement process improvements
- Develop and manage departmental budgets, including allocations and expenditure approvals
- Ensure regulatory, accreditation, and coding compliance
Requirements:
- Associate's Degree in Health Information Management — Required
- Bachelor's Degree in Health Information Management — Preferred
- 4 years Coding Manager experience — Required
- 4 years Franciscan Coding Supervisor experience — Required OR 3 years Coding Experience — Required AND inpatient coding experience — Required
- RHIA certification from AHIMA — Required OR RHIT certification from AHIMA — Required
- Adherence to Standards of Ethical Coding set forth by AHIMA/AAPC and official coding guidelines
Benefits:
- Comprehensive benefit offerings for eligible employees
- Travel is required never or rarely





