Professional Coding Auditor
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📍 Remote🌐 Remote🕐 24d ago🔗 himalayas
Job Description
### **Professional Coding Auditor**
WellStreet Urgent Care is redefining the urgent care experience through patient-focused service, high-quality care, and strong partnerships with health systems. As a rapidly growing healthcare organization, we are building a national network of urgent care facilities and creating opportunities for talented professionals to make a meaningful impact.
If you’re an experienced medical coder who enjoys digging into documentation, identifying coding opportunities, and helping providers and coding teams improve accuracy, this could be a great opportunity to join our team.
#### **About the Role**
The **Professional Coding Auditor** reviews clinical documentation and coding to ensure accuracy, completeness, compliance, appropriate charge capture, and alignment between documentation and assigned CPT and ICD-10 codes.
This role goes beyond identifying errors—you’ll help educate providers and coders, identify trends, and partner with leadership to improve coding quality and reimbursement.
#### **What You’ll Do**
* Perform coding audits of provider documentation and assigned CPT and ICD-10 codes.
* Evaluate whether clinical documentation supports the diagnoses and procedures billed.
* Identify coding errors, documentation deficiencies, charge-capture issues, and opportunities for improvement.
* Review coding deliverables from professional coders, physicians, and other healthcare professionals.
* Provide constructive, educational feedback to providers and coders.
* Deliver education related to coding requirements, documentation standards, and regulatory updates.
* Stay current on CMS, state, and payer coding regulations and requirements.
* Collaborate with the Coding Supervisor and Regional Medical Directors to improve documentation and coding accuracy.
* Perform charge entry and Charge Review activities as needed.
* Identify trends such as undercoding or other recurring coding issues and recommend corrective actions.
* Support error correction and process improvement initiatives.Meet established daily production and quality standards.
#### **Required Qualifications**
* **Active CPC or CCS coding certification** through AAPC or AHIMA.
* **Relevant professional coding and/or coding auditing experience**
* 2+ years of medical billing experience.
* Urgent Care or Occupational Health billing experience.
* Experience working with insurance payers, A/R, revenue cycle processes, and denied claims.
* Experience with billing software and electronic medical records.
* ### Epic experience is a plus.
* ### High school diploma or equivalent.
#### **What Will Make You Successful**
* Strong understanding of medical coding and documentation requirements.
* Excellent critical-thinking and analytical skills.
* Ability to distinguish between a coding error and a documentation deficiency.
* Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
* Ability to communicate audit findings clearly and constructively.
* Comfortable providing corrective feedback and educating providers and coders.
* Strong organizational skills and ability to manage a high-volume workload.
* Ability to identify coding trends and develop practical solutions.
* Ability to stay current with coding changes and regulatory requirements.
* Positive, collaborative attitude and ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
#### **Why Join WellStreet?**
At WellStreet, we believe healthcare professionals should have the opportunity to do meaningful work while being part of a supportive, growing organization. We value people who bring energy, accountability, collaboration, and a genuine commitment to improving the patient experience.
If you’re a certified coding professional who enjoys auditing, problem-solving, and helping others improve, **we’d love to hear from you!**
### #INDMISC
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