CDI Coding Specialist

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Join a team where accuracy, integrity, and collaboration drive exceptional patient care and financial performance.

We are seeking a detail-oriented CDI Coding Specialist to support timely, accurate coding and charge capture while strengthening clinical documentation integrity. This role bridges clinical care and reimbursement, ensuring compliance, data integrity, and optimized revenue cycle performance.

The CDI Coding Specialist is responsible for maintaining coding and charge posting functions with timeliness and accuracy, while performing clinical documentation integrity (CDI) reviews to support appropriate coding, billing, and reporting. This position partners closely with providers and revenue cycle team members to ensure complete, compliant, and high-quality documentation.

What You'll Do

• Review patient visits and assign diagnosis and procedure codes using ICD-10 and CPT coding guidelines.
• Ensure timely and compliant coding aligned with revenue cycle requirements.
• Audit charge levels using provider dictation and chart documentation; correct discrepancies as needed.
• Enter diagnosis and abstracted clinical data accurately into the system.
• Review patient charges for accuracy and identify potential compliance concerns, escalating as appropriate.
• Monitor and respond to coding-related denials, payer audits, and compliance reviews.
• Conduct clinical documentation reviews for completeness and specificity; initiate provider queries when documentation is unclear, incomplete, or inconsistent.
• Provide education and feedback to providers regarding coding and charge discrepancies.
• Stay current with regulatory guidelines and updates from CMS, OIG, AAPC, payers, and internal policies.
• Maintain established productivity and quality benchmarks.

Position Highlights

• Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance option available for employee and family
• Minimum of $2,000 provided with medical plan enrollment to help pay for qualified healthcare expenses
• Flexible Spending Account options to help you save your earnings
• Paid time off for when you need to recharge
• Employer-matched retirement plan, free money
• Free life insurance and voluntary options
• Employee Assistance Program to provide you with complimentary services
• Cafe discount to ensure you stay nourished

If you are passionate about documentation accuracy, compliance excellence, and supporting high-quality healthcare delivery, we encourage you to apply.

Remote Work:

Though the primary location for this role is remote in Washington state, the selected candidate will be required to be onsite at Columbia Basin Hospital in Ephrata, Washington once per quarter.

Minimum Requirements:

• Associate's degree in health information management or related field.
• Coding certification and a minimum of two years related experience with an emphasis on current coding practices and chart review.
• Knowledgeable of current practices related to billing, coding and coding regulations.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Basic computer operating skills and prior experience with Microsoft Office suite.