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Certified Coding Auditor

Job ID 20251649 Location Paterson, New Jersey Shift DAY
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The Certified Professional Coder (CPC) serves as the primary liaison between the medical group and the external coding vendor. This role ensures consistent communication, accurate and compliant coding practices, timely issue resolution, and alignment with organizational policies and payer requirements. The Coding Liaison supports documentation integrity, monitors vendor performance, and acts as a subject matter expert for coding-related inquiries. This role works closely with providers, clinical staff, and revenue cycle teams to review medical records, validate documentation completeness, apply correct CPT®, ICD-10-CM, and HCPCS codes, and educate providers on documentation best practices.

Key Responsibilities

Coding and Documentation Accuracy

  • Serve as the primary point of contact between the medical group and the outsourced coding vendor
  • Review, monitor, and validate coding accuracy and consistency between internal standards and vendor deliverables
  • Monitor vendor performance metrics such as accuracy, turnaround time, and compliance
  • Review outpatient and/or inpatient medical records to ensure documentation supports billed services
  • Identify documentation gaps and query providers for clarification when necessary
  • Serves as resource and subject matter expert to other medical billing staff
  • Research analyzes, recommends, and facilitates plans of action to correct discrepancies and prevent future coding errors.

Compliance and Quality Assurance

  • Participate in internal and external audits and provide corrective action recommendations
  • Stay current with coding updates, payer rules, and regulatory changes

Provider and Staff Education

  • Educate providers on documentation requirements to support accurate coding and billing
  • Provide feedback and training on clinical documentation improvement (CDI) opportunities
  • Serve as a resource for coding and documentation questions from clinical staff
  • Provides ongoing training to staff as needed.

Reporting and Collaboration

  • Collaborate with revenue cycle, billing, compliance, and quality teams
  • Assist with denials management and coding-related appeals as needed

Qualifications
- Medical Coder Qualifications/Skills: - Active AAPC certification (CPC®) - 3+ years of medical coding experience. - Strong knowledge of: - CPT®, ICD-10-CM, and HCPCS coding guidelines - E/M coding (including 2021+ E/M guidelines if applicable) - CMS and major payer regulations - Preferred Qualifications - Proficiency in electronic health records (EHR) and encoder systems - Experience in hospital, multispecialty, or high-volume outpatient environments - Familiarity with auditing, compliance programs, and denial resolution - Excellent attention to detail and analytical skills - Strong written and verbal communication skills - Proficiency in Microsoft Office Product Suite.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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