Medical Billing & Coding Instructor – Certification Exam Preparation

Job Overview
We are seeking an experienced and engaging Medical Billing & Coding Instructor to provide career-focused instruction to students preparing to enter the healthcare revenue cycle and medical coding profession.

The instructor will teach students from foundational concepts through practical medical billing and coding applications, with a strong emphasis on preparing students for a nationally recognized certification examination.

The ideal candidate combines real-world healthcare billing, coding, revenue cycle, or health information management experience with the ability to explain complex concepts in a clear, practical, beginner-friendly manner.

This is not simply a lecture-based teaching position. We are looking for an instructor who can help students understand how medical billing and coding actually works in a healthcare environment and prepare them to transition confidently into the workforce.

Key Responsibilities

The Medical Billing & Coding Instructor will:

• Deliver engaging classroom instruction in medical billing, medical coding, reimbursement, and healthcare revenue cycle concepts.
• Teach students how to accurately interpret healthcare documentation and assign appropriate diagnosis and procedure codes.
• Provide instruction in ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS Level II coding.
• Teach students how to properly use coding manuals, indexes, tabular lists, guidelines, conventions, modifiers, and coding references.
• Reinforce the coding process of Index First → Verify in the Tabular List → Review Notes and Guidelines → Assign the Final Code.
• Teach medical terminology, anatomy, physiology, and disease processes as they relate to medical coding.
• Provide instruction on health insurance, payer requirements, Medicare, Medicaid, commercial insurance, and managed care.
• Teach the complete medical billing and reimbursement cycle.
• Provide instruction on claims submission, claim processing, payment posting, denials, appeals, and accounts receivable.
• Teach proper completion and interpretation of the CMS-1500 claim form.
• Explain Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA), Explanation of Benefits (EOB), patient responsibility, deductibles, copayments, coinsurance, and reimbursement.
• Teach students how coding and billing errors can affect reimbursement, compliance, and patient accounts.
• Incorporate realistic patient charts, provider documentation, claims, coding scenarios, and case studies into instruction.
• Develop practical coding exercises, assignments, quizzes, examinations, and classroom activities.
• Review student performance and provide constructive feedback and remediation.
• Maintain accurate attendance, grades, and student progress records.
• Identify students who require additional assistance and provide appropriate academic support.
• Prepare students for a nationally recognized medical billing and/or coding certification examination.
• Incorporate certification-style questions and timed practice examinations into the curriculum.
• Help students develop the accuracy, speed, terminology knowledge, and critical-thinking skills necessary for certification testing and employment.
• Maintain current knowledge of annual ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, reimbursement, and healthcare regulatory changes.
• Create a professional, respectful, supportive, and career-focused learning environment.

Primary Areas of Instruction

Candidates should be comfortable teaching most or all of the following:

Medical Coding

• ICD-10-CM
• CPT
• HCPCS Level II
• Coding conventions and guidelines
• Diagnosis coding
• Procedure coding
• Evaluation and Management (E/M) concepts
• Modifiers
• Medical necessity
• Coding compliance
• Documentation requirements

Medical Billing & Revenue Cycle

• Patient registration
• Insurance verification
• Prior authorization
• Charge capture
• Claims preparation
• CMS-1500
• Electronic claims
• Claim adjudication
• Payment posting
• ERA/EOB interpretation
• Denials and appeals
• Accounts receivable
• Patient responsibility
• Medicare and Medicaid
• Commercial insurance
• Revenue cycle management

Healthcare Foundations

• Medical terminology
• Anatomy and physiology
• Common diagnoses and procedures
• HIPAA
• Healthcare compliance
• Fraud, waste, and abuse
• Professional communication
• Electronic Health Records (EHR)
• Practice management systems

Certification Preparation

A major responsibility of this position is preparing students to successfully pursue a national medical billing and/or coding certification.

The instructor should be capable of providing structured certification preparation, including:

• Certification-style practice questions
• Coding drills
• Timed coding exercises
• Mock certification examinations
• Test-taking strategies
• Coding guideline review
• Medical terminology review
• Identification of individual student knowledge gaps
• Remediation before certification testing

Relevant certifications may include credentials offered by organizations such as AAPC, AHIMA, NHA, or other nationally recognized credentialing organizations, depending on the program's certification pathway.

Required Qualifications

Candidates should possess:

• Professional experience in medical billing, medical coding, health information management, revenue cycle, physician practice operations, or a closely related healthcare field.
• Strong working knowledge of ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS Level II.
• Knowledge of healthcare reimbursement and insurance processes.
• Ability to explain complex billing and coding concepts to beginning students.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage a classroom and maintain student engagement.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Commitment to student development and career readiness.
• Ability to use computers, presentation software, online learning systems, and common healthcare technology.

Preferred Qualifications

Preference may be given to candidates possessing one or more nationally recognized credentials, including:

• Certified Professional Coder (CPC)
• Certified Professional Biller (CPB)
• Certified Coding Specialist (CCS)
• Certified Coding Associate (CCA)
• Certified Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS)
• Certified Coding Specialist – Physician-Based (CCS-P)
• Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT)
• Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA)

Previous teaching, training, mentoring, precepting, or curriculum-development experience is strongly preferred.

What We Are Looking For

We are particularly interested in instructors who can take a student with little or no medical coding experience and progressively develop that student into someone who can:

• Read and understand provider documentation.
• Recognize important medical terminology.
• Locate diagnosis and procedure codes.
• Apply official coding guidelines.
• Understand the relationship between coding and reimbursement.
• Complete and interpret healthcare claims.
• Identify common billing and coding errors.
• Communicate professionally with providers, patients, and insurance representatives.
• Complete realistic coding scenarios independently.
• Prepare confidently for a national certification examination.
• Transition into an entry-level medical billing, coding, or revenue cycle position.

Instructor Expectations

Our instructors are expected to do more than present PowerPoint slides. Successful instructors should incorporate:

• Demonstrations
• Guided coding practice
• Real-world healthcare scenarios
• Individual and group exercises
• Coding competitions and activities
• Case studies
• Mock patient charts
• Claims exercises
• Certification-style questions
• Student discussion
• Review and remediation sessions
• Workforce-readiness activities

The goal is for students to understand why a code or billing decision is correct, not simply memorize answers.

Work Environment

This position may require evening and/or weekend instruction depending on the assigned course schedule.

Candidates should be dependable, professional, student-focused, and comfortable working with adult learners who may be entering healthcare for the first time or transitioning into a new career.

Application Requirements

Applicants should submit a current resume highlighting:

• Medical billing and/or coding experience
• Healthcare experience
• Teaching or training experience
• Current professional certifications
• Experience with ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS
• Revenue cycle or insurance experience
• Experience preparing students or employees for professional certification, if applicable

Job Type: Part-time / Contract

Experience:
Medical Billing, Medical Coding, Revenue Cycle, Health Information Management, or related healthcare experience preferred.

Education:
Associate degree or higher in Health Information Management, Healthcare Administration, Medical Billing and Coding, or a related field preferred. Relevant professional experience and industry credentials may be considered.

Certification:
CPC, CPB, CCS, CCA, CBCS, CCS-P, RHIT, RHIA, or comparable nationally recognized healthcare coding/billing credential preferred.

Pay: $35.00 per hour

Expected hours: 6.0 per week

Work Location: In person

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