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• Position: Supervisor PB Surgical Coding
• Location: Warrenville, IL
• Full Time
• Hours: Monday-Friday, [hours and flexible work schedules]

A Brief Overview:
The Supervisor, Medical Coding, is responsible for overseeing the medical coding team, ensuring accurate code assignments, adherence to coding guidelines, and compliance with regulatory requirements. This position plays a pivotal role in maintaining financial accuracy and integrity within the hospital.
What you will do:

• Supervise and provide leadership to a team of medical coders, offering guidance, training, and support to ensure high-quality code assignments.
• Oversee and review diagnostic (ICD-10-CM) and procedural (CPT) codes assigned to medical records, validating their accuracy and adherence to coding guidelines.
• Conduct internal coding audits to monitor coding accuracy and consistency, providing feedback and guidance to coding staff.
• Collaborate with clinical staff, physicians, and clinical documentation specialists to ensure accurate coding and identify opportunities for documentation improvement.
• Stay current with coding guidelines, conventions, and regulatory changes, and disseminate information to the coding team.
• Ensure coding practices comply with federal, state, and local healthcare regulations and standards, including HIPAA.
• Generate coding reports, analyze coding data, and provide insights into coding accuracy, trends, and process improvement opportunities.
• Provide ongoing training and development opportunities for coding staff, ensuring they stay updated on best practices and regulations.
• Collaborate closely with clinical staff, health information management, and other departments to streamline the flow of coding-related information.
• Maintain strict confidentiality and security of patient data, complying with HIPAA and other privacy regulations.

What you will need:

• Bachelors Degree Health Administration Required or Bachelors Degree Information Technology Required
• 5+ Years of medical coding experience, with at least 2 years in a supervisory or leadership role.
• Certified Professional Coder (CPC) - American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) Required And
• Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) - American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Required

Benefits:

• Career Pathways to Promote Professional Growth and Development
• Various Medical, Dental, and Vision options
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Free Parking at designated locations
• Wellness Program Savings Plan
• Health Savings Account Options
• Retirement Options with Company Match
• Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay
• Community Involvement Opportunities

Endeavor Health is a fully integrated healthcare delivery system committed to providing access to quality, vibrant, community-connected care, serving an area of more than 4.2 million residents across six northeast Illinois counties. Our more than 25,000 team members and more than 6,000 physicians aim to deliver transformative patient experiences and expert care close to home across more than 300 ambulatory locations and eight acute care hospitals – Edward (Naperville), Elmhurst, Evanston, Glenbrook (Glenview), Highland Park, Northwest Community (Arlington Heights) Skokie and Swedish (Chicago) – all recognized as Magnet hospitals for nursing excellence. For more information, visit www.endeavorhealth.org.  

When you work for Endeavor Health, you will be part of an organization that encourages its employees to achieve career goals and maximize their professional potential.

Please explore our website (www.endeavorhealth.org) to better understand how Endeavor Health delivers on its mission to “help everyone in our communities be their best”. 

Endeavor Health is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. Please refer to the main career page for more information.

Diversity, equity and inclusion is at the core of who we are; being there for our patients and each other with compassion, respect and empathy. We believe that our strength resides in our differences and in connecting our best to provide community-connected healthcare for all.

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