Coding Quality Educator
- 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
Bring your advanced surgical coding expertise to a role where your guidance directly strengthens documentation quality, coding accuracy, and physician confidence. As a Coding Quality Educator, you will help providers and clinical leaders navigate complex coding requirements while supporting the integrity of professional billing across UVA Health.
This full-time, fully remote opportunity is designed for an experienced coding professional ready to move beyond production coding into a consultative role focused on provider auditing, individualized education, and complex coding research. You will serve as a trusted resource for assigned specialties, with a particular focus on supporting Neurosurgery.The Role The Coding Quality Educator combines technical coding expertise with relationship building, education, and independent judgment. You will manage assigned professional billing audits in MDaudit, communicate findings directly to physicians and other healthcare providers, and translate authoritative coding guidance into clear, practical recommendations.
- Completing assigned provider coding audits accurately, consistently, and within established timelines
- Meeting directly with physicians and other healthcare providers to review audit findings and deliver individualized coding and documentation education
- Serving as the primary coding and documentation resource for assigned specialties
- Supporting Neurosurgery and other surgical specialties through focused auditing, education, and coding consultation
- Researching complex coding questions and applying authoritative professional coding guidance
- Participating in provider and clinical leadership meetings as a coding and documentation subject matter expert
- Developing presentations, coding tip sheets, job aids, and other targeted educational resources
- Identifying coding and documentation trends and creating proactive education to address opportunities
- Building collaborative working relationships with providers, clinical leaders, coding colleagues, and education team members
A typical day may include completing an audit, researching a nuanced surgical coding question, preparing educational materials, and meeting with a provider to explain documentation or coding recommendations. You will have the autonomy to organize your workload and exercise sound professional judgment while remaining connected to a collaborative team that shares knowledge and supports one another across specialties.
The strongest fit will be an experienced professional Coder who has progressed into auditing, education, quality, compliance, or coding advisory work. Substantial surgical coding experience is highly valued, and direct Neurology or Neurosurgery Coding experience is especially desirable. Success requires a commitment to accuracy, strong research capabilities, effective presentation skills, and the ability to make complex coding guidance understandable and actionable for clinical audiences.
Why UVA Health
At UVA Health, coding education is more than a revenue cycle function. It supports accurate representation of patient care, promotes strong clinical documentation, and equips providers with the knowledge needed to confidently apply complex coding requirements. This role offers the opportunity to:
- Advance beyond traditional production coding into a high-impact educator and consultant position
- Become a trusted subject matter expert for physicians and clinical leaders
- Develop deep specialty expertise while supporting complex surgical services
- Work in a fully remote environment with meaningful autonomy and clear expectations
- Join a collaborative team that researchs questions together, shares knowledge, and supports professional growth
- Create education that responds directly to audit findings, coding trends, and provider needs
- Contribute to an academic health system where clinical care, education, research, and continuous improvement intersect
- Build a career grounded in quality, professional judgment, provider partnership, and measurable impact
Within the first year, success will mean establishing strong relationships with assigned providers and clinical leaders, independently managing audits and deadlines, and becoming a respected coding and documentation resource. The team values work-life balance, accountability, collaboration, autonomy, and thoughtful professional development, giving experienced educators the support and trust necessary to perform at their best.
Why People Love Living in Charlottesville
Charlottesville offers a distinctive combination of natural beauty, cultural depth, and community connection. Located near the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah National Park, the area provides convenient access to hiking, cycling, scenic drives, and year-round outdoor recreation. A vibrant food scene, local arts, live music, historic neighborhoods, and university events create abundant opportunities outside of work. For healthcare professionals and their families, Charlottesville offers a welcoming environment that supports an active lifestyle, meaningful community involvement, and a rewarding balance between career and personal priorities.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education: Bachelor’s Degree required or relevant experience may be considered in lieu of Bachelor's degree.
Experience: 5 years relevant experience required. 5 years of coding experience in a tertiary setting preferred.
Licensure: Certified Professional Coder (CPC) required.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Job requires sitting for prolonged periods, frequently traveling (no more than two miles); Repetitive motion: (Typing). Proficient communicative, auditory and visual skills; Attention to detail and ability to write legibly; Ability to lift/push/pull less than 20lbs. May be exposed to cold, heat and outdoor climate.
The pay range for this role is $51,429.00 - $102,857.00 annually. 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
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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