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Medical Records Technician (Coder) Auditor
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 53 days ago
Hybrid Salt Lake City, UT $53K – $69K Apply by Jul 31, 2026 Medical Records Technician ESTJISFJISTJ FinanceTrades
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The Health Information Section (HIMS) Coding Auditor is responsible for coding and provider audits. Overseeing the appropriate coding assignment of ICD-10 CM, CPT-4, and HCPCS codes and various other duties assigned. Incumbent will also complete any coding assigned. **REMOTE WORK: Position is remote work eligible and is currently on an extension for the return-to-office mandate**.
What You'll Do
- →Duties of the Medical Records Technician (Coder) Auditor include but are not limited to: Performs weekly or monthly audits of outpatient encounters.
- →Reviews results of external audits and prepares education and/or audit responses.
- →Performs monthly audits related to VHA Directives to include in-house and contract coding audits, EPRP reviews, revenue related/CPAC audits and other coding risk areas identified by Compliance, CPAC, VISN, external auditors medical center leadership and HIMs.
- →Researches current guidelines related to inpatient and outpatient services and provides guidance to coding department and clinical staff accordingly.
- →Participates in committees/work groups to provide input as a coding expert related to coding services and identify risk areas to improve clinical documentation and coding accuracy.
- →Produces audit reports, graphs, presentations, to track and trend coding errors and accuracy rates using quantitative and qualitative methods.
- →Works with Lead Coder to identify training deficiencies and areas of Improvement.
- →Provides feedback to coders to improve accuracy as requested.
- →Provides feedback to providers, including education and training on coding guidelines and corrective measures.
- →Ensures coding assignment and documentation follows VHA Coding guidelines, Joint Commission on Accreditation of healthcare organization (JCAHO0), ICD-10, CPT/AMA coding conventions, and payer guidelines for optimal reimbursement.
- →Thoroughly reviews the patient's record to ensure that all conditions of care, operations, and procedures ore properly documented by the clinician and sequenced in order of importance.
- →Audits new providers as they are newly employed.
- →Interprets and applies knowledge of clinical classification systems such as International Classification of Disease (ICD), Current Procedural Technology (CPT), Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED), Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) and health information systems.
- →Determines and evaluates for compliance with the standards of regulatory and accrediting bodies such as Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services etc.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Personality Fit
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