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Lead Coder – Hospital Inpatient

Employer
University of Virginia
Location
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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Employment Type
Full Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution

Job Details

Exceptional inpatient coding quality has a direct impact on patient care, reimbursement integrity, research initiatives, and the accuracy of healthcare data. This leadership-oriented coding opportunity allows an experienced inpatient coding professional to serve as a trusted expert, mentor, and quality champion within one of the nation's leading academic health systems.

If you've progressed beyond production coding and enjoy auditing, education, solving complex coding challenges, and helping others succeed, this role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact while working with highly specialized cases and some of the most advanced programs in healthcare.

The Role


As the Clinical Coding Coordinator (Lead Coder) for Hospital Inpatient Coding, you will serve as the team's primary subject matter expert and quality resource. This is not a traditional production coding role. Instead, you will be the expert consultants turn to when complex questions arise, helping ensure the highest standards of coding accuracy, compliance, and reporting integrity.

In this completely remote role, you'll work closely with coding professionals across the organization, providing guidance, education, quality oversight, and support for highly complex inpatient cases. Your expertise will directly influence reimbursement accuracy, quality metrics, research initiatives, and organizational reporting.

On a typical day, you may:


  • Serve as the lead resource and escalation point for complex inpatient coding questions
  • Conduct coding audits and quality reviews to ensure coding excellence
  • Review records prior to final submission and identify opportunities for improved accuracy
  • Research challenging and uncommon coding scenarios
  • Educate, mentor, and provide feedback to coding professionals
  • Support data integrity efforts related to reimbursement, quality measures, research, and reporting
  • Collaborate with colleagues to promote best practices and continuous improvement
  • Help maintain compliance with evolving coding standards and regulatory requirements

This completely remote role is ideal for a coding professional who enjoys being the expert others rely upon, thrives on solving difficult coding challenges, and values collaboration, mentorship, and continuous learning.

Why UVA Health


At UVA Health, you'll join a nationally recognized academic health system where innovation, discovery, and exceptional patient care come together. As a Lead Inpatient Coder, your work supports the accuracy and integrity of care delivered across a complex tertiary and quaternary medical center known for treating some of the region's most medically sophisticated patient populations.

What makes this opportunity stand out:


  • Work in a premier Academic Medical Center environment with exposure to highly complex inpatient cases
  • Collaborate with a team deeply committed to coding quality and professional excellence
  • Participate in coding reviews involving advanced treatments, innovative procedures, and transplant programs
  • Be recognized as a trusted subject matter expert whose guidance influences coding outcomes across the organization
  • Join a culture that values education, mentorship, and knowledge sharing
  • Receive support for professional development through continuing education opportunities and credential maintenance assistance
  • Work alongside experienced professionals who are passionate about quality, compliance, and continuous improvement
  • Contribute to an organization where coding accuracy plays a critical role in patient care, research, operational success, and healthcare innovation

This is an excellent opportunity for experienced inpatient coding professionals who want to leverage their expertise in a leadership-focused role without moving into people management.


MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:


Education: High School Diploma or GED required.

Experience: 5+ years of relevant coding experience required.

Licensure: Certified Professional Coder (CPC) required.


PHYSICAL DEMANDS:


This is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. The job does occasionally requires traveling some distance to attend meetings, and programs.

The pay range for this role is $26.00 - $45.68 hourly. Individual compensation will be determined by the selected candidate's qualifications, previous work experience, and/or education.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Benefits Package: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • Retirement Savings
  • Long-term and Short-term Disability
  • Health Saving Plans, and Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Certification and Education Support

UVA Health is a world-class Magnet Recognized academic medical center and health system with a level 1 trauma center. 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” guide rates UVA Health University Medical Center as “High Performing” in 5 adult specialties and 14 conditions/procedures. We are one of 70 National Cancer Institute designated cancer centers. UVA Health Children’s is named by 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report as the best children's hospital in Virginia with 9 specialties ranked among the best in the nation. Our footprint also encompasses 3 community hospitals and an integrated network of primary and specialty care clinics throughout Charlottesville, Culpeper, Northern Virginia, and beyond.

The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Learn more about UVA’s commitment to non-discrimination and equal opportunity employment.

Organization

In 1819, the University of Virginia established a new model for intellectual exchange and cross-disciplinary collaboration in higher education. Two hundred years later, as a major research institution, we continue to challenge conventions, lead with ingenuity and advance knowledge for the common good.

What began as an innovative idea has become one of the nation’s leading public research universities, with over 21,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. UVA also has over 3,000 full-time faculty offering more than 400 degrees.

Each of the University’s eleven schools has its own distinctive mission, working together to garner consistently high rankings—including #2 Best Value Public College (Princeton Review, 2016), #3 Public University in the Nation (U.S. News & World Report, 2016), and #3 Best Value Among Public Colleges (Kiplinger’s, 2016).  

As we invest in and strengthen our research capabilities, UVA seeks new faculty ready to uncover new insights, rewrite old rules and collaborate on intellectual discoveries.

RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS THAT CROSS DISCIPLINES

As an R1 institution, the University’s research centers, consortia and laboratories are on the leading edge of discovery and technology, offering collaborative spaces for students and faculty to solve global problems.

Our professors are recognized members of major national scholarly and professional organizations, including the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Our faculty’s engagement in interdisciplinary research is being facilitated by new research institutes specializing in everything from big data to brain functioning, and by cluster hires across schools.

NATIONALLY RANKED HEALTH SYSTEM

UVA is also home to a nationally renowned academic medical center and the UVA Health System, which serves a three-part mission to treat patients, conduct translational research and train medical practitioners in a wide variety of disciplines.

Established as the nation’s 10th medical school in 1825, the institution has since grown to include a 612-bed hospital and a Level I trauma center, nationally recognized cancer and heart centers, a Children’s Hospital, and primary and specialty clinics throughout Central Virginia.

The UVA Medical Center is consistently ranked among the nation’s best hospitals by the U.S. News & World Report magazine and has been named among the top 25 percent in seven specialties.

INSPIRING STUDENTS, INSPIRED TEACHING

The vast majority of UVA students come from the top 10% of their high school class, as well as from all 50 states, over 142 countries and a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds. Despite their diversity, all UVA students share a love of learning and a drive to achieve.

One of the reasons students choose Virginia is our unique residential culture. At UVA, the community of students, faculty and staff personifies the Jeffersonian idea that living and learning are connected. The Academical Village was constructed to support a unique residential experience, with faculty living in the Pavilions, students occupying Lawn rooms and the world-famous Rotunda at its heart. The University’s residential culture continues to support this experience today—strengthened by students, faculty and staff rich in backgrounds, ideas and perspectives. Our unique culture is also paying dividends in innovation:  UVA’s faculty have generated more than 130 patents since 2010.

Perhaps most importantly, faculty come to UVA knowing that instruction is as important as research, and they pride themselves on their many teaching awards.  Our best professors look for ways to encourage, mentor and develop tomorrow’s leaders inside and outside the classroom.

LIFE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE

Living in Charlottesville you’ll find sophisticated restaurants, world-renowned wineries and breweries, cosmopolitan arts and music, friendly urban and suburban neighborhoods and a Piedmont landscape that has lured adventurous souls for centuries.  No wonder the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research named Charlottesville the “happiest city in America” in 2014.

In addition to UVA and its health system, several major employers have facilities in Charlottesville, including State Farm, Northrop Grumman, the U.S. Department of Defense, GE and others.  Charlottesville is also becoming a center for innovative start-up businesses.  The University also actively helps spouses and partners of faculty members build their networks and pursue employment opportunities with a wide variety of area employers. 

The University of Virginia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Company info
Telephone
434-985-4532
Location
2420 Old Ivy
Charlottesvle
Virginia
22911-7433
United States

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