Outpatient Surgery Coding & Data Integrity Coordinator

With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the #1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth for the sixth consecutive year, we invite you to continue your healthcare career with us at William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital. You'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and consistent opportunities for learning and advancement into leadership roles

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• Required three to five (3-5) years acute hospital based coding experience and documented progression of leadership capacity based on past experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Preferred Bachelor's Degree or Associate Degree in Health Information Management and/or closely related field
• Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), AHIMA Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), AAPC Certified Outpatient Coder (COC), AAPC Certified Professional Coder (CPC), AAPC Certified Professional Coder-Hospital (CPC-H), or AAPC Certified Interventional Radiology Cardiovascular Coder (CIRCC) 

• Must have and maintain an expert level of knowledge and application of coding guidelines, rules, and conventions
• Monitors daily workflow to assure organizational, departmental, and team goals are met. Prepare weekly timely filing reports, is responsible for multiple work queues including but not limited to claim edits, mortality, coding questions, customer service/PFS, denials, combined/uncombined. 
• Performs coding audits and reports results to the coding manager. Develops coding education materials in collaboration with the coding manager and delivers education to coding and/or CDI teams including but not limited to I-10 updates, CPT, HCPCS, audit and/or edit trends, compliant queries, and system updates.
• Works in collaboration with coding leadership and other departments to provide coding support through data analysis and system functionality.
• Functions as a subject matter expert for the coding team and other personnel to answer questions, assist with problem resolution, and special projects assigned by department leadership.
• Provides back up coverage for the coding team as needed.
• Provides new coder onboarding education/ training in collaboration with the coding manager.
• Assist coding manager with the interview process for potential coder candidates as requested.
• Other duties as assigned

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.

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