Coding Educator Auditor

Setting: Corporate Healthcare / Audit & Compliance – Kansas City, MO (Onsite, some flexibility for hybrid)

About the role

The Professional Coding Auditor and Educator ensures accurate, compliant, and optimized professional/physician coding across the organization. This position performs coding audits, identifies compliance risks and revenue opportunities, and provides education to physicians, APPs, and coding staff. The role partners with Compliance, Revenue Integrity, CDI, and Provider Leadership to reduce audit risk, improve documentation, and promote professional coding best practices.

Responsibilities

• Conduct professional/physician coding audits to evaluate accuracy, documentation, compliance, and reimbursement
• Identify coding risks, trends, and opportunities for improvement
• Provide coding education to physicians, APPs, and coding staff
• Support accurate E/M coding and documentation guideline compliance
• Partner with Compliance, Revenue Integrity, CDI, and Provider Leadership
• Prepare audit findings, reports, and supporting documentation
• Assist with coding and billing improvement initiatives

Requirements

• RHIT, RHIA, CCS, or CPC credential
• 5+ years of inpatient, outpatient, or physician coding experience
• Coding auditing and/or provider education, strongly preferred

Schedule

Full-time, Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-4:30 PM