Supervisor, Physician Coding

This is a remote position.

The Supervisor, LPG Physician Coding will provide operational and technical leadership for professional physician coding functions supporting a large, multi-specialty physician group. This individual will oversee a portion of the professional surgery coding team, ensuring coding accuracy, regulatory compliance, productivity, quality, and revenue integrity.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day operational leadership and oversight for professional physician coding staff.
  

• Directly supervise approximately 2 Coding Leads and 15 Coders, with a focus on professional surgical coding.
  

• Coach, mentor, and develop coding staff while promoting accountability, quality, and strong team performance.
  

• Ensure accurate and compliant application of ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, and E/M coding guidelines.
  

• Monitor and manage coding quality, productivity, turnaround times, and revenue integrity metrics.
  

• Serve as a professional coding subject matter expert, providing technical guidance on complex coding and documentation questions.
  

• Maintain current knowledge of CMS regulations, AMA guidelines, payer-specific requirements, and industry coding standards.
  

• Partner with Coding Education, Compliance, Revenue Cycle, and practice operations teams to address coding and documentation issues.
  

• Support coding audits, quality reviews, corrective action plans, and ongoing education initiatives.
  

• Identify coding trends, workflow challenges, and opportunities for process improvement.
  

• Support optimization of coding workflows to improve accuracy, efficiency, and claims outcomes.
  

• Assist with staff performance management, workload distribution, and operational planning.
  

• Collaborate with coding leadership to maintain consistent coding practices and regulatory compliance across the organization.
  

• Support organizational initiatives related to coding quality, reimbursement, documentation, and revenue cycle performance.
  

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of professional physician coding experience.
  

• At least 1 year of supervisory, lead, or direct people-management experience.
  

• Strong professional and/or surgical coding experience.
  

• Extensive knowledge and practical application of ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, and E/M coding.
  

• Strong understanding of CMS regulations, AMA guidelines, and payer-specific coding requirements.
  

• Active coding or HIM certification such as CPC, CCS, RHIT, RHIA, or equivalent.
  

• Experience working within a physician practice, ambulatory, or professional coding environment.
  

• Experience utilizing coding software and electronic medical record systems.
  

• Demonstrated ability to coach and develop coding staff while managing quality and productivity expectations.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate degree in Health Information Management or a related field.
  

• Experience supervising remote coding teams.
  

• Experience supporting professional surgical coding teams.
  

• Experience managing Coding Leads and larger coding teams.
  

• Experience conducting or supporting coding audits, quality reviews, and education initiatives.
  

• Experience within a large healthcare system or multi-specialty physician group.
  

• Experience partnering with Compliance, Revenue Cycle, Coding Education, and physician practice leadership.
  

Benefits