Coding Auditor & Educator

CommonSpirit Health Mountain Region is committed to building healthier communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen—both inside our hospitals and out in the community. With locations throughout Colorado, Utah, and Kansas, we deliver the same high standard of care to our employees as we do to our patients. Our 20 hospitals, emergency and urgent care centers, home care and hospice, Flight for Life Colorado^TM , telehealth and over 240 physician practices and clinics offer endless opportunities! Here, you can grow your career and impact the people in the communities you serve.

CommonSpirit Health is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit, faith-based health systems, with a team of over 150,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians. CommonSpirit operates more than 2,200 care sites and 140 hospitals, serving some of the most diverse communities across the nation, letting humankindness lead the way.

You have a purpose, unique talents and now is the time to embrace it, live it and put it to work. We value incredible people with incredible skills – but your commitment to a greater cause is something we value even more. This is the heartbeat of our organization and your time will be spent in a supportive, team environment with resources to help you flourish and leaders who care about your success.

The Coding Auditor-Educator is an advanced level position utilizing ICD-10-CM, ICD-10 PCS, and CPT-4 Coding Classification systems who supports the facility and Coding Service Center. Responsible for answering coding and billing questions, onboarding and training new staff, performing coding audits, and development and deployment of coding education. Works in conjunction with the Coding Service Center leadership team in planning and performing coding education and training across the system. Responsible for performing internal audits and follow up education. Facilitates and promotes standardization of coding practices, monitors and communicates regulatory coding and billing changes for timely and accurate implementation. Participates in short-term and long-term strategic planning with regard to compliant coding and regulatory billing practices.

Along with CO, KS and NM, this position is open to remote/out of state candidates residing in only these states:

- Alabama- Arizona- Arkansas- Colorado 

- Florida- Georgia- Idaho- Indiana  

- Iowa- Kansas - Kentucky- Louisiana 

- Missouri- Mississippi- Nebraska- New Mexico 

- North Carolina- Ohio- Oklahoma- South Carolina 

- South Dakota- Tennessee- Texas- Utah 

- Virginia- West Virginia- Wyoming

In addition to bringing humankindness to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following:

• High School Diploma/G.E.D. required
• Associate or Bachelor's degree in HIM, preferred
• 5 years coding experience in an acute care setting coding all types of hospital visits/admits with a high degree of skill in inpatient and outpatient expertise is required.
• 2 years' experience in internal auditing and/or coding education; prefer multi-healthcare setting experience
  
• Software/Hardware: Epic and 3M 360 experience required
• Advance knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (i.e. Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) required.
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Current AHIMA credentials (i.e. RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P RCC) or AAPC credential (COC, CIC, CPC, CPC-H) required and maintained.

Physical Requirements - Sedentary work - prolonged periods of sitting and exert up to 10 lbs. force occasionally

We believe in the healing power of humanity and serving the common good through our dedicated work and shared mission to celebrate humankindness. 

CommonSpirit Mountain Region’s Corporate Service Center is headquartered in Centennial, CO where our corporate leaders and centralized teams support our hospitals, clinics and people – including marketing, human resources, employee benefits, finance, billing, talent acquisition/development, payor relations, IT, project management, community benefit and more. Many of our centralized teams offer a remote work option which supports a healthy work-life balance while still providing a culture of collaboration and community where incredible people are doing incredible things every day. 

We believe investing in our employees lets them know they truly matter. Your Total Rewards package includes compensation, benefits, retirement, wellness, leave, and other programs. Designed with your well-being in mind, we offer: 

• Several Medical, Dental, & Vision options.
• Spending Accounts including a Dependent Care FSA that can include an employer contribution
• Retirement account options with a generous employer match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan Forgiveness, and so much more!

View more on our benefits HERE.