Coding Supervisor / Coding Team Lead

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Coding Supervisor / Coding Team Lead based in United States. This is a fully remote leadership opportunity supporting Veterans Affairs medical centers across VISN 7. The role oversees a distributed coding team responsible for approximately 260,000 coded encounters annually across eight facilities. You will serve as a primary liaison with VA HIMS leaders, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant coding operations. The position combines team leadership, quality assurance, productivity management, coder coaching, and client communication. You will play a key role in maintaining coding accuracy across inpatient and outpatient services while addressing documentation and billing issues. The environment is highly structured, mission-driven, and focused on delivering reliable healthcare coding support to veteran populations. The initial term is 12 months, with the possibility of four additional 12-month option periods. Accountabilities - Serve as the primary point of contact for VA HIMS supervisors and coding leads, maintaining availability during required Eastern Time business hours. - Assign coding work, monitor productivity and turnaround times, and proactively communicate risks when facility deadlines may not be met. - Conduct ongoing quality reviews covering at least 5% of coded data, including ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT, DRGs, and abstracted data, and provide weekly facility-level results. - Develop corrective action plans and coach coders when accuracy falls below the required 95% threshold. - Respond to coder questions involving documentation and coding interpretation, escalating complex issues to appropriate VA contacts when necessary. - Coordinate record re-reviews requested before billing and support responses to claim denials. - Prepare and contribute to monthly progress reports, quarterly summaries, kickoff materials, work plans, staffing rosters, and training documentation. - Train coding staff on VA policies, VHA coding guidelines, and VistA and CPRS workflows while monitoring required training and background-investigation requirements. - Anticipate staffing changes and coordinate transition plans, including required overlap periods when coders are reassigned.

Requirements - Hold an active RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, or CPC-H credential. - Have at least 3 years of professional coding experience , together with supervisory, team-lead, or coding quality-assurance experience. - Demonstrate strong knowledge of inpatient and outpatient coding, including ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT, HCPCS, DRGs, E/M, and NCCI edits. - Have completed an accredited coding, Health Information Management, or Health Information Technician program. - Possess strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with healthcare professionals, VA leaders, clinicians, and distributed team members. - Be a U. S. citizen and able to successfully complete a federal background investigation, including NACI and fingerprinting. - Experience with VA/VHA HIMS environments and systems such as VistA, CPRS, PTF, PCE, and Integrated Billing is preferred. - Experience managing remote coding teams across multiple facilities and/or a background in coding auditing or QA is highly desirable. - Complete required annual VA Privacy and Information Security Awareness and HIPAA training, including TMS 10176 and 10203. - Demonstrate strong organization, accountability, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple facilities and competing priorities in a remote environment. Benefits - $30. 00–$35. 00 per hour . - 100% remote position available to candidates in the United States. - Initial 12-month term , with four potential additional 12-month option periods. - Company-provided laptop, encoder, and reference materials.