Location:

Altru Health System

PO Box 6002

Grand Forks, ND 58201

Pay Range: $57,824.00 - $86,756.80

Summary:

Are you passionate about medical coding AND love to teach? This could be your perfect fit!

Join our team and play a key role in:
✅ Developing and delivering impactful coding education
✅ Conducting audits to drive accuracy and reduce denials
✅ Empowering coders, providers, and clinical staff to succeed
✅ Ensuring compliance in CPT, ICD-10-CM/PCS, and HCPCS

💡 If you're detail-oriented, love helping others grow, and want to make a difference in healthcare revenue cycle performance — we want to hear from you!

Essential Job Functions:

• Designs, delivers, and evaluates comprehensive coding education programs for new and existing coding providers and staff.

• Conducts routine and ad-hoc coding audits; analyzes results to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.

• Provides feedback, coaching, and one-on-one education based on audit findings and performance metrics.

• Stays up-to-date with current coding guidelines, payer policies, and regulatory updates (CMS, AMA, OIG, etc.).

• Collaborates with compliance, clinical documentation improvement (CDI), revenue integrity, and billing teams to align education with enterprise goals.

• Develops training materials, reference guides, and online modules using best practices in adult education.

• Partners with providers and clinical staff to educate on documentation best practices that support compliant and accurate coding.

• Acts as a subject matter expert (SME) for coding-related inquiries and serve as a resource to internal stakeholders.

• Assists with onboarding and training of new hires and support cross-training efforts within the department.

• Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.

Certification:

• Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) | American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) | Prior to Start Date | HR Primary Sources

• Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) | American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) | Prior to Start Date | HR Primary Sources

• Certified Coding Associate (CCA) | American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) | Prior to Start Date | HR Primary Sources

• Professional Coder - Certified (CPC) | American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) | Prior to Start Date | HR Primary Sources

• Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) | American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) | Prior to Start Date | HR Primary Sources

• Certified Outpatient Coder (COC)

• Coding Instructor | American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) or American Academy of Professional Coders AAPC | Withing 12 Months of Start Date | HR Primary Sources

Notes:

• May be certified in one of the options.

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Education:

• Preferred: Associates - Health Administration- OR -Associates - Related Field- OR -Bachelors - Health Administration- OR -Bachelors - Related Field

Work Experience:

• Required: A minimum of 3 years Related Experience

Language Requirements:

This position requires proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking English to ensure effective communication in the workplace and with patients, families, and team members.

Physical Demands :

• Sit: Frequently (34-66%)

• Stand: Occasionally (5-33%)

• Walk: Occasionally (5-33%)

• Stoop/Bend: Occasionally (5-33%)

• Reach: Frequently (34-66%)

• Crawl: Not Applicable

• Squat/Crouch/Kneel: Rarely (1-4%)

• Twist: Rarely (1-4%)

• Handle/Finger/Feel: Continuously (67-100%)

• See: Continuously (67-100%)

• Hear: Continuously (67-100%)

Weight Demands:

• Lift -Floor to Waist Level: Sedentary (<10 pounds)

• Carry: Sedentary (<10 pounds)

• Push/Pull: Sedentary (<10 pounds)

• Slide/Transfer: Not Applicable

Working Conditions:

• Indoor: Continuously (67-100%)

• Outdoor: Not Applicable

• Extreme Temperature: Not Applicable

Driving Requirement Definitions:

• Professional Drivers: Persons who drive as their main responsibility OR transport passengers or hazardous materials.
• Frequent Drivers: Persons whose main responsibility is not driving, but drive daily or almost daily.
• Occasional Drivers: Persons who drive from once per month to as frequently as once per week.
• Infrequent Drivers: Persons who are generally not expected to drive.

Driving Requirement for this position:

Infrequent Driver

Reference ID: R5905