Are you an expert outpatient surgical coder ready to take the next step into leadership? The Team Lead, Coding role offers the opportunity to combine hands-on coding with team mentorship, quality oversight, and meaningful client interaction. You'll help shape coding best practices, support coder growth, and collaborate closely with revenue cycle partners to ensure accuracy, compliance, and financial integrity-making a direct impact on both patient care data and organizational success.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES/ RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Interface with Clients and internal Revenue Cycle teams daily to assist with requests, questions, information, etc.
- Assist Coding Manager in client management, including emails, phone calls, and video meetings with client staff as well as physicians
- Assist Coding Manager related to denial management and coding reviews with clients to help drive client education and satisfaction
- Help support Coding leadership in addressing and managing client escalations and concerns
- Reviewing production coders work for quality
- Provide clear, concise, and compliant written feedback to coders
- Identify coder and/or documentation deficiencies and communicate them to the management team as needed
- Participate in production coding daily as defined by management, based on department needs
- Supports the importance of accurate, complete and consistent coding practices for the production of quality healthcare data.
- Adheres to the ICD-9/ICD-10 coding conventions, official coding guidelines approved by CPT, AMA, AAOS, and CCI.
- Uses skills and knowledge of the currently mandated coding and classification systems, and official resources to select the appropriate diagnostic and procedural codes.
- Assigns and reports the codes that are clearly supported by documentation in the health record.
- Consults physicians for clarification and additional documentation prior to code assignment when there is conflicting or ambiguous data in the health record.
- Strives for the optimal payment to which the facility is legally entitled.
- Assists and educates physicians and other clinicians by advocating proper documentation practices.
- Maintains and continually enhances coding skills. Coders need to be aware of changes in codes, guidelines, and regulations. They are required to maintain 90% or above coding accuracy average.
- Provides coding coverage based on client needs and capacity daily
- Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time
EDUCATION DESIRED:
- High school graduate or GED certification
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Coding certification through AAPC or AHIMA (CPC, COC, RHIT, CCS, etc., no apprentice designation)
- Successful completion of formal education in basic ICD-9-CM/ICD-10/CPT coding, medical terminology, anatomy/physiology and disease process.
- 5 years outpatient surgical coding
- 1 year of team lead experience or successful display of leadership qualities
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- A high degree of flexibility and professionalism
- Excellent organizational skills
- Outstanding communications skills; both verbal and written
- Knowledge of computers and Windows-driven software
- Excellent command of written and spoken English
- Minimum of 2 years acute care coding experience of all patient types Inpatient, SDS and ER, with strong experience in Inpatient.
BENEFITS:
- Benefit package including Medical, Vision, Dental, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, and Life Insurance
- Vacation/Sick time
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Paid Holidays
- SIS Cares Day
- Hybrid or Remote environment depending on the role
