Description

Coding Auditor/Trainer (Coding Coordinator)

US--Remote

Requisition ID: 2025-34528
Position Category: Hospital/Clinic Support
Job Type: AFSCME union represented
Position Type: Regular Full-Time
Posting Department: Enterprise Coding
Posting Salary Range: $42.32 - $58.12 per hour, with offer based on experience, education and internal equity
Posting FTE: 1.00
Posting Schedule: Monday - Friday
HR Mission: Central Services
Drug Testable: No

Department Overview

Empower coders. Elevate accuracy. Transform the future of coding excellence.

We're hiring a Coder Auditor/Trainer to help elevate coding excellence across OHSU.
If you're an experienced profee coding auditor and trainer who loves diving into complex cases, shaping coder development, and raising the bar for accuracy and compliance, this role puts your expertise exactly where it belongs — at the center of organizational impact. As a Coder Auditor/Trainer at OHSU, you'll be the go-to authority for some of the most challenging coding scenarios in an academic health system known for cutting edge procedures and specialty care.

At OHSU, you'll join a mission driven academic health system where your knowledge directly strengthens documentation integrity, revenue accuracy, and the quality of patient care data. You'll mentor coders, collaborate with passionate professionals, influence system wide best practices, and help coders grow into confident, high performing specialists. This is a place where your leadership, insight, and teaching talent truly matter.

Function/Duties of Position

What You'll Do
You'll design engaging training, lead coders through evolving standards, perform high level audits, and shape best practices across multiple specialties. You'll also join a collaborative, mission driven team that values growth, innovation, and your voice at the table.

Lead, Teach, and Inspire

• Design and deliver engaging training programs for coders across multiple specialties, on CPT, diagnosis coding, modifiers, CCI edits, and documentation standards, including advanced surgical and procedural areas.
• Break down complex operative notes and coding rules into clear, practical training that builds confidence and accuracy.
• Build and refine training materials, presentations, and curriculum that make complex concepts clear and accessible.
• Support coders in real time by answering questions, guiding specialty transitions, and reinforcing best practices.

Drive Audit Excellence

• Conduct detailed audits to identify under coding, over coding, documentation gaps, and compliance risks.
• Provide clear, actionable feedback to coders and leadership to strengthen accuracy and regulatory alignment.
• Perform second level reviews on complex or high risk encounters to support clean, compliant charge submission.

Shape Coding Standards and Processes

• Spot trends in documentation and coding performance and collaborate on workflow improvements.
• Contribute to annual performance evaluations through comprehensive audit assessments.
• Attend conferences, workshops, and internal education sessions — sharing learned insights that keep the team ahead of industry changes.
• Partner with Provider Educators to ensure consistent, aligned training for both coders and clinicians.

Collaborate, Influence, and Elevate

• Assist Coding Leads with complex coding inquiries and scenario analysis.
• Participate in recruitment efforts, including reviewing resumes, interviewing candidates, and evaluating coding assessments.
• Join advisory groups to help shape coding guidelines and best practices across departments.
• Support leadership huddles and cross team communication to ensure training needs are visible and addressed.
• Take on additional responsibilities that strengthen the coding program and support organizational goals.

What You Bring

• A strong background in coding, billing, and documentation requirements for multiple specialties including surgical areas.
• Solid Excel skills and enjoy working with data to find patterns and insights.
• Comfortable presenting to small and large groups.
• Skillful at simplifying complex regulatory language.
• A hunger for learning and are energized by new challenges.
• Enjoy digging into audits and data to uncover actionable insights.
• Are a natural collaborator who enjoys problem-solving with others.
• Are self-directed and have an unwavering commitment to integrity.

Required Qualifications

• Associates degree in Healthcare, Business or related field plus 5 years of production coding experience; OR

• Equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Detailed knowledge of medical coding systems, procedures, and documentation requirements.

• Knowledge of auditing concepts and principles.

• Certification in CPC, CPC-H, RHIT, or RHIA.

• Strong communication, analytical, and problem solving skills.

• Ability to work independently, maintain confidentiality, and manage multiple priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Significant experience mentoring and training coders in advanced or high complexity specialties, with the ability to translate complex coding rules into clear, actionable training.
• Completed coding education and certification from an accredited institution such as AHIMA or AAPC (CPC, CPC-H, RHIT, RHIA).
• Solid understanding of 2023 E/M guidelines.
• Specialty coding experience, especially in surgical or procedural areas (OB/GYN, GI, ENT, Pulmonary, Endocrinology, Pediatric Medicine, Hospitalists, Telemedicine).

Additional Details

Why You'll Love Working Here

• You'll have a direct voice in shaping coding quality and education across a major academic health system.
• You'll work with a collaborative, supportive team that values expertise, innovation, and continuous learning.
• You'll influence system wide accuracy and compliance — work that truly matters to patient care and organizational integrity.
• You'll grow your career in an environment that invests in professional development and celebrates subject matter experts.

Why This Role Matters

• You're not just training coders — you're shaping the accuracy and integrity of clinical documentation across the entire organization.
• Your work directly impacts compliance, revenue integrity, and the quality of patient care data. If you thrive on teaching, problem solving, and elevating others, this is a place where your expertise truly makes a difference.

Benefits

• Healthcare for full-time employees covered 100% and 88% for dependents.
• $50K of term life insurance provided at no cost to the employee.
• Two separate above market pension plans to choose from.
• Vacation - up to 200 hours per year dependent on length of service.
• Sick Leave - up to 96 hours per year.
• 9 paid holidays per year.
• Substantial Tri-Met and C-Tran discounts.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Childcare service discounts.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee discounts to local and major businesses.

All are welcome
Oregon Health & Science University values a diverse and culturally competent workforce. We are proud of our commitment to being an equal opportunity, affirmative action organization that does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of any protected class status, including disability status and protected veteran status. Individuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity and a culture of inclusion are encouraged to apply. To request reasonable accommodation contact the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Department at 503-494-5148 or aaeo@ohsu.edu.

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