senior clinical coding team leader

Key Responsibilities:
Lead and mentor clinical coding analysts, serving as the primary escalation point for complex, high‑risk, or high‑value coding and denial cases

Provide functional leadership to ensure coding quality standards are consistently met across teams

Support onboarding, knowledge transfer, and ramp‑up activities for new hires and expansion waves

Partner with training and QA teams to identify skill gaps and drive targeted education initiatives

Oversee analysis and validation of diagnosis (ICD‑10‑CM), procedure (CPT/HCPCS), and modifier usage across revenue cycle workflows

Perform secondary reviews and audits to validate coding accuracy, sequencing, DRG/APC integrity, and documentation sufficiency

Ensure alignment with CMS, AHIMA, AAPC, and commercial payer coding and reimbursement guidelines

Establish and maintain audit‑ready, compliant coding practices

Lead root cause analysis (RCA) initiatives for coding‑relat...