• Coding Manager

    UCLA Health (Los Angeles, CA)


    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.

     

    UCLA Health welcomes all individuals, without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin or disabilities, and we proudly look to each person’s unique achievements and experiences to further set us apart.