Coding Specialist 3 - Neurosurgery
- 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
Accurate coding is essential to quality patient care, regulatory compliance, and the financial health of a leading academic medical center. As a Coding Specialist 3 supporting Neurosurgery Professional Billing, you will play a critical role in ensuring the integrity of complex clinical documentation and coding for one of healthcare’s most specialized service lines.
This fully remote opportunity is ideal for an experienced coding professional with advanced Neurosurgery expertise who enjoys complex case review, problem-solving, and maintaining the highest standards of coding quality. You'll work independently while partnering with providers and colleagues to support compliant, accurate reimbursement and operational excellence across a nationally recognized health system.
The Role
As a Coding Specialist 3, you will serve as a subject matter expert in professional fee coding for Neurosurgery, applying advanced coding knowledge to highly complex surgical, procedural, and Evaluation & Management services. This role requires a strong understanding of clinical documentation, regulatory requirements, and payer expectations, with a focus on quality, accuracy, and compliance.
In a typical day, you will:
Independently review, code, validate, and audit complex Neurosurgery surgical procedures, office-based procedures, inpatient encounters, and E/M services
Analyze provider documentation to ensure complete and compliant code assignment utilizing CPT, ICD-10-CM, modifier usage, and payer-specific guidelines
Apply advanced knowledge of Neurosurgery operative services, diagnostic procedures, therapeutic interventions, and associated E/M services
Evaluate diagnosis specificity, laterality, anatomical detail, medical necessity requirements, and documentation sufficiency
Review and resolve coding edits, charge review issues, and work queue assignments utilizing Epic and EncoderPro
Interpret and apply National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits, global surgical package rules, LCD/NCD guidance, and payer billing requirements
Identify documentation gaps, coding vulnerabilities, and compliance risks while determining when provider clarification or compliant queries are appropriate
Support coding quality initiatives through research, education, and application of evolving coding and reimbursement guidance
Collaborate with providers, revenue cycle professionals, and coding colleagues to promote accurate reimbursement and regulatory compliance
This position offers a rewarding balance of autonomy, technical complexity, and meaningful impact on the delivery of specialized neurosciences care.
Why UVA Health
At UVA Health, you'll contribute to a health system recognized for excellence in patient care, innovation, education, and research. Our coding professionals are essential partners in supporting accurate clinical representation and the success of one of the nation's leading academic health systems.
What makes this opportunity stand out:
Fully remote work environment, allowing you to build a meaningful career while enjoying greater flexibility and work-life balance
Opportunity to support a highly specialized Neurosurgery practice, working with complex cases that will continuously expand your expertise
Be part of an organization where academic medicine, clinical excellence, and innovation drive continual advancement in patient care
Work alongside experienced providers and revenue cycle professionals dedicated to quality, compliance, and operational excellence
Access to a culture that values professional growth, continuous learning, and collaboration
Contribute to the integrity of healthcare data that supports patient care, research initiatives, quality outcomes, and organizational success
Join a health system known for investing in both its people and the future of medicine
For experienced coders seeking a role where their expertise is recognized and their work directly influences quality and compliance, this position offers both challenge and long-term career value.
Why People Love Living in Charlottesville
While this position is fully remote, UVA Health is based in Charlottesville, Virginia, a community consistently recognized for its exceptional quality of life. Nestled between the Blue Ridge Mountains and Virginia wine country, Charlottesville offers a unique blend of outdoor recreation, cultural attractions, acclaimed restaurants, historic charm, and a welcoming community atmosphere. Healthcare professionals are drawn to the area for its balance of career opportunity and lifestyle, making it a place where both individuals and families can thrive while remaining connected to one of the nation's leading academic health systems.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education: High School Diploma or GED
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.
- Comprehensive Benefits Package: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Paid Time Off, Long-term and Short-term Disability, Retirement Savings
- Health Saving Plans, and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Certification and education support
- Generous Paid Time Off
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.
- Telephone
- 434-985-4532
- Location
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2420 Old Ivy
Charlottesvle
Virginia
22911-7433
United States
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