Clinical Coding Auditor Educator

Facility:

CoxHealth South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807

Department:

1686 Audit and Compliance

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Hours:

8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

• Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek.
• Recognized as a Greatest Workplace for Women in both 2023 and 2024.
• Listed as one of the Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024.
• Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
• Ranked among the Best Employers by State for Missouri.​
• Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare in 2025.

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement Plan with employer match, and many more!
• For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

Job Description:

An employee with responsibility and accountability for analyzing/auditing clinical patient charts; provide coding education and consultation to physicians, clinical and billing staff for the purpose of ensuring correct and consistent coding practices. The position provides one-on-one education with providers through shadowing and audits. The auditors work directly with the providers on Medicare, Medicaid, CERT, Probe, and Prepayment audits and educate on coding, documentation guidelines and regulations. This position also educates and answers coding questions for office, department and clinic staff on a daily basis.Education:
▪ Required: High school diploma or equivalent
Experience:
▪ Preferred: One year experience in billing and coding practices in a medical clinic or hospital setting.
Skills:
▪ Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office/Excel
Licensure/Certification/Registration:
▪ Required: CCS, CPC or RHIT certified