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Inpatient Coding Quality Analyst (Auditor)

🌐 Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-29

Core

Validates accuracy, completeness, and compliance of inpatient ICD-10-CM/PCS coding and MS-DRG/APR-DRG assignment through random and targeted audits of complex medical records.

Role type

Inpatient Coding Quality Analyst (Auditor)

Builds

Audit reports, trend analyses, and educational feedback to improve coding accuracy and compliance.

Domain

Healthcare / Health Information Management / Revenue Cycle

Required skills

ICD-10-CM/PCS coding, MS-DRG/APR-DRG assignment, pre-bill and post-bill auditing, EHR and HIM systems, CMS IPPS regulations, NCCI edits, denial mitigation, clinical documentation review

Preferred skills

RHIA/RHIT/CCS certification, mortality case review, risk-adjusted outcomes reporting, academic medical center experience

Technologies

IHIS, EHRs, encoder applications, abstracting systems, audit/reporting applications

Responsibilities

Conduct pre-bill and post-bill audits of high-risk inpatient cases; resolve complex claim and coding edits; support denial prevention and appeal activities; provide coding quality education and guidance to staff; analyze trends to mitigate DRG downgrade risk; document audit results and recommendations.

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC

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