Coding Manager

Description

Take on a leadership role within UCLA Health's centralized

Medical Coding function, supporting inpatient, outpatient, emergency

department, and observation coding services across Ronald Reagan, Santa Monica,

West Valley and Neuropsychiatric Hospitals. In this role, you will oversee

daily coding operations, ensure compliance with national coding standards and

regulatory requirements, and lead teams responsible for maintaining

productivity, quality, and data integrity across the enterprise.

You will play a key role in supporting revenue cycle

performance, regulatory compliance, audit readiness, and continuous improvement

initiatives while guiding and developing a large, diverse coding workforce.

In this role, you will :

Oversee

daily operations for inpatient, outpatient, emergency department, and

observation coding services, ensuring productivity and quality standards

are met to support DNFB and revenue cycle goals.

Lead,

coach, and evaluate represented and non-represented coding staff,

contractors, and per diem coders, including performance monitoring,

mentoring, and professional development.

Ensure

coding practices align with national guidelines, payer requirements, and

state and federal regulatory standards, including CMS and Joint Commission

requirements.

Develop,

implement, and maintain coding compliance programs, audit methodologies,

education plans, and performance improvement initiatives.

Monitor,

analyze, and report coding metrics, dashboards, and trends; identify

risks, improvement opportunities, and system-wide impacts.

Partner

with multidisciplinary teams including Patient Business Services, Revenue

Integrity, CDI, Compliance, Managed Care, Decision Support, and Revenue

Cycle leadership to resolve issues and support enterprise initiatives.

Support

audits, regulatory inquiries, system implementations, and ongoing

optimization of electronic coding, quality, and productivity tools.

Salary Range : $95,400 - $208,300 annually

Qualifications

We're looking for an experienced and strategic coding leader

with : Required :

5-7 years of progressive supervisory experience in medical coding,

including management of inpatient and outpatient coding operations.

Required :

CCS; RHIA / RHIT certification preferred.

Bachelor's

degree preferred.

Demonstrated

expertise in CPT, HCPCS, ICD-10-CM / PCS, MS-DRG, APR-DRG, APCs, UB-04

revenue codes, and integrated healthcare coding environments.

Proven

ability to manage large, complex coding teams while maintaining quality,

productivity, and compliance standards.

Strong

knowledge of State of California and federal regulatory requirements

governing coding and billing.

Experience

developing compliance programs, audit processes, education plans, and

performance improvement strategies.

Effective

communication, leadership, and collaboration skills across clinical,

operational, and administrative teams.