About this role
Accurate clinical documentation and coding are essential to ensuring quality patient care, operational excellence, and regulatory compliance. This role offers an experienced outpatient medical coder the opportunity to make a meaningful impact across a broad range of ambulatory specialties while supporting one of the nation's leading academic health systems.
As a Coding Specialist 3, you will serve as a subject matter expert in professional fee coding for, applying advanced coding knowledge to highly complex surgical, procedural, and Evaluation & Management services. This role requires a strong understanding of clinical documentation, regulatory requirements, and payer expectations, with a focus on quality, accuracy, and compliance.
The Role As part of a specialized coding team, you will independently review complex outpatient documentation and apply advanced coding knowledge to support coding accuracy, quality initiatives, and regulatory compliance across multiple ambulatory specialties including Allergy, Endocrinology, Hematology/Oncology, Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology, Pulmonology, Pediatrics, and Sleep Medicine.
This position is ideal for a credentialed outpatient coder with approximately three or more years of professional outpatient coding experience and a CPC certification who enjoys navigating complex documentation, solving coding challenges, and serving as a subject matter expert across multiple medical specialties.
In this role, you will:
• Perform detailed review and assignment of CPT, ICD-10-CM, modifiers, and E/M services for physician billing.
• Analyze clinical documentation to accurately identify services performed and appropriately link diagnoses to procedures.
• Apply expertise in medical necessity, diagnosis specificity, NCCI edits, LCD/NCD guidance, and payer-specific requirements.
• Identify documentation inconsistencies, omissions, or deficiencies and determine when provider clarification is needed.
• Conduct charge review activities and support coding quality and compliance initiatives.
• Utilize Epic, work queues, and coding review workflows to manage coding assignments and productivity expectations.
• Research and apply evolving coding, reimbursement, and regulatory guidance.
• Collaborate with providers, clinical staff, and revenue cycle teams to promote coding excellence and compliant reimbursement practices.
Why UVA Health UVA Health is an integrated academic health system recognized for advancing patient care, research, education, and innovation. As part of this environment, coding professionals play a critical role in supporting the integrity of clinical data and ensuring accurate representation of the care provided throughout the organization.
Why experienced coders choose UVA Health:
• Remote work opportunity, providing flexibility while remaining connected to a highly collaborative team environment.
• Work across a diverse portfolio of specialty clinics that offer ongoing learning and professional growth.
• Be part of a nationally recognized academic health system committed to innovation and excellence.
• Contribute to a healthcare organization that supports complex specialty care, advanced treatment programs, and multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Partner with physicians and clinical leaders who value coding accuracy, documentation quality, and revenue integrity.
• Join a culture that encourages professional development, continuous learning, and knowledge sharing.
This role offers a unique opportunity to leverage advanced outpatient coding expertise while supporting specialty practices that have a direct impact on patient outcomes across the continuum of care.
Why People Love Living in Charlottesville Nestled against the backdrop of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Charlottesville offers an exceptional quality of life with a blend of outdoor recreation, culture, history, and college-town energy. Residents enjoy award-winning wineries, a thriving food scene, vibrant arts and music, scenic hiking trails, and easy access to both Washington, D.C. and Richmond. Whether you're seeking family-friendly neighborhoods, outdoor adventure, or a strong sense of community, Charlottesville provides an ideal balance between professional fulfillment and personal well-being. While this position can be performed remotely, UVA Health's home community remains one of the most desirable places to live and work in the Mid-Atlantic region.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Education: High School Diploma or GED required. Experience: 5+ years of relevant coding experience required. Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular surgery E&M and procedure preferred. Licensure: Certified Professional Coder (CPC) required.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
This is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. The job does occasionally requires traveling some distance to attend meetings, and programs.
The pay range for this role is $26.00 - $40.57 hourly. Individual compensation will be determined by the selected candidate's qualifications, previous work experience, and/or education.
Benefits
• Comprehensive Benefits Package: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off, Long-term and Short-term Disability, Retirement Savings
• Health Saving Plans, and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Certification and education support
• Generous Paid Time Off
UVA Health is a world-class Magnet Recognized academic medical center and health system with a level 1 trauma center. 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” guide rates UVA Health University Medical Center as “High Performing” in 5 adult specialties and 14 conditions/procedures. We are one of 70 National Cancer Institute designated cancer centers. UVA Health Children’s is named by 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report as the best children's hospital in Virginia with 9 specialties ranked among the best in the nation. Our footprint also encompasses 3 community hospitals and an integrated network of primary and specialty care clinics throughout Charlottesville, Culpeper, Northern Virginia, and beyond. The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Learn more about UVA’s commitment to non-discrimination and equal opportunity employment.