Clinical Coding Analyst Jobs in California (NOW HIRING)

Job Description
Your Role
As a Clinical Coding Analyst, Experienced specializing in code governance, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring coding standards, compliance, and best practices across development teams. Your responsibilities will include implementing and maintaining a code governance framework, conducting code reviews, optimizing development workflows, and ensuring adherence to industry standards. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish coding guidelines, automate governance processes, and enhance overall software quality and security. Your expertise will drive efficiency, consistency, and compliance in coding practices, supporting scalable and maintainable solutions.
Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow - personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.
Responsibilities
Your Work
In this role, you will:

• Provide expert input to quarterly and annual industry standard code maintenance for multiple systems
• Research and prepare benefit files using industry standard codes that meet the intent of member benefit language and/or contracts, and regulatory mandates set forth by the state or federal agencies
• Develop payment policies based on industry or content expert-supported research
• Provide problem management recommendations on correct application of payment and benefits based on industry and internal research
• Conduct research and provide recommendations on industry standard editing for appropriate application in the current system in accordance with Blue Shield of CA payment policies and regulatory guidelines
• Collaborate with cross-functional departments to implement code governance framework

Qualifications
Your Knowledge and Experience

• HS Diploma or equivalent required; AA degree preferred
• AHIMA Certified CCS or CCS-P and/or AAPC CIC, CPC or COC required
• Preferred certification as CCS-P
• Possess deep technical abilities
• Work history in one of more of the following: 2 to 3 years of Provider billing experience in a lead, supervisory or management role; or 1 to 2 years in a payor environment working directly with payment quality and accuracy in a claims processing, providing contracting or audit capacity or; 1 to 2 years in a compliance or audit function within a health care system
• Requires broad theoretical job knowledge typically obtained through advanced education
• Intermittent proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Hybrid
This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week.
Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.
About the Team
About Blue Shield of California
As of January 2025, Blue Shield of California became a subsidiary of Ascendiun. Ascendiun is a nonprofit corporate entity that is the parent to a family of organizations including Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan; Altais, a clinical services company; and Stellarus, a company designed to scale healthcare solutions. Together, these organizations are referred to as the Ascendiun Family of Companies.
At Blue Shield of California, our mission is to create a healthcare system worthy of our family and friends and sustainably affordable. We are transforming health care in a way that genuinely serves our nonprofit mission by lowering costs, improving quality, and enhancing the member and physician experience.
To achieve our mission, we foster an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute fully to address the needs of the various communities we serve. We are committed to creating and maintaining a supportive workplace that upholds our values and advances our goals.
Blue Shield is a U.S. News Best Company to work for, a Deloitte U.S. Best Managed Company and a Top 100 Inspiring Workplace. We were recognized by Fair360 as a Top Regional Company, and one of the 50 most community-minded companies in the United States by Points of Light. Here at Blue Shield, we strive to make a positive change across our industry and communities - join us!
Our Values:

• Honest. We hold ourselves to the highest ethical and integrity standards. We build trust by doing what we say we're going to do and by acknowledging and correcting where we fall short.
• Human. We strive to listen and communicate effectively, showing empathy by understanding others' perspectives.
• Courageous. We stand up for what we believe in and are committed to the hard work necessary to achieve our ambitious goals.

Our Workplace Model
We believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility - providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce. Our workplace model is designed around intentional in-person interaction, collaboration, connection, creativity and flexibility:

• For most teams, this means coming into the office two days per week.
• Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location, out of state employees, and employees in certain member-facing roles should work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.
• For employees with medical conditions that may impact their ability to work in-office, we are committed to engaging in an interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to ensure their work environment is conducive to their success and well-being.

The Company reserves the right to require more presence in the office based on business needs, and requirements are subject to change with periodic reviews.
Physical Requirements:
Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.
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Equal Employment Opportunity:
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.