Job Overview
Location
Newark, DE
Job Type
Full-time
Category
HR & Recruiting
Date Posted
June 6, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • Coordinate daily responsibilities of inpatient coding and support staff to ensure timely and accurate coding for reimbursement and data collection purposes.
- • Perform prebill review and audit of inpatient medical records to correctly capture final DRG assignments for each case.
- • Analyze clinical data of inpatients, including current treatments and past medical history, to identify gaps in physician documentation.
- • Report trends and recommend improvement opportunities in coding accuracy and clinical documentation practices.
- • Verify coding and abstracting accuracy through quantitative and qualitative reviews of medical records.
- • Communicate directly with physicians and healthcare providers to validate diagnoses, clinical indicators, and prompt documentation improvements using AHIMA/ACDIS best practice query principles, either verbally or in writing.
- • Adhere strictly to industry coding standards set by CMS, AHIMA, AHA, AAPC, and AMA guidelines.
- • Develop and deliver educational materials to train physicians, coders, and other healthcare providers on clinical documentation improvement and the importance of complete, accurate health record documentation.
- • Train and audit entry-level coders or coders transitioning to new coding disciplines.
- • Implement and maintain computer systems used in the Health Information Management Department to support coding operations.
- • Ensure compliance with all regulatory and institutional requirements related to medical coding and health information management.
- • Support organizational goals of excellence and patient-centered care by promoting accurate data capture that impacts clinical outcomes and financial reimbursement.
- • Work remotely as specified in the job title, with primary operational focus on inpatient coding activities across ChristianaCare’s hospital network in Newark, DE, Wilmington, DE, and Elkton, MD.
🎯 Requirements
- • RHIA, RHIT, or CCS certification or equivalent certification/degree
- • College credits in medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology
- • Three years of coding experience in a Health Information Management Department or equivalent
- • Experience with implementing and maintaining computer systems
🏖️ Benefits
- • Full medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- • 403(b) retirement plan with company match
- • Generous paid time off
- • Annual membership to care.com and access to backup care services for dependents through Care@Work
- • Retirement planning services and financial coaching
- • Fitness and wellness reimbursement and discounts on hotels, rental cars, theme parks, shows, sporting events, and movie tickets
Skills & Technologies
About Christiana Care Health System, Inc.
Christiana Care Health System is a Delaware-based nonprofit academic health system anchored by two major hospitals in Wilmington and Newark, Christiana Hospital and Wilmington Hospital. It operates primary-care and specialty centers, home health, hospice, and outpatient services across Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. The system hosts graduate medical education programs in partnership with Thomas Jefferson University and conducts clinical and translational research through the Value Institute. Ranked among the nation’s largest health systems by admissions, it serves roughly 600,000 patient encounters annually and employs more than 13,000 caregivers.
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