Director of Coding
Own the coding function end to end: accuracy, compliance, capacity and the education engine behind it. Certification is not a preference here, it is the entry ticket.
The role
What this job actually is
An active coding certification is mandatory for this role: AAPC (CPC, COC, CIC, CPMA or CRC) or AHIMA (CCS, CCS-P, RHIA or RHIT). Certification must be current and maintained.
You own coding at ASP-RCM: the quality standard, the compliance posture, the capacity plan and the people who deliver it. Our coders work across behavioral health and ABA, hospital inpatient and outpatient, physician services, ASC, dental and HCC risk adjustment, supported by CorePulse, our autonomous coding engine. Your job is to hold a coding accuracy standard of 95 percent or better on audited output, keep us defensible in any payer or RADV audit, and build coders who get better every quarter.
Ownership
What you will own
The coding quality standard
Own audited coding accuracy at 95 percent or better across every specialty we serve. Define the QA sampling plan, the scoring rubric and the corrective loop when a coder or a specialty drifts.
Audit readiness and defense
Keep documentation and code selection defensible against payer audits, RADV reviews and client-side internal audit. Own the response when a chart is challenged.
Human-in-the-loop AI governance
Set the rules for where CorePulse proposes and where a certified coder decides. Own the escalation path, the override review and the feedback loop that improves the engine.
Capacity and throughput
Plan headcount and specialty mix against client demand. Protect turnaround time commitments without trading away accuracy.
Coder development
Run the certification and upskilling program. ASP pays for certifications; you decide the curriculum, the cohorts and the standard for promotion.
Guideline currency
Keep the team current on CPT, ICD-10-CM, HCPCS, NCCI edits and specialty guideline changes, and make sure updates reach production coding within the cycle they take effect.
Ramp
Your first 90 days
First 30 days
Audit the audit. Review the current QA methodology, sampling rates and accuracy reporting, then re-score a sample yourself to see whether the reported number is the real number.
By day 60
Publish the coding quality plan: rubric, sampling design, specialty-level accuracy baselines, and the corrective action path. Identify the two specialties with the widest gap.
By day 90
Accuracy reporting is trustworthy and specialty-specific, the education calendar is live, and the AI override review loop is running with documented outcomes.
Requirements
What we look for
- MANDATORY: active AAPC or AHIMA coding certification (CPC, COC, CIC, CPMA, CRC, CCS, CCS-P, RHIA or RHIT), current and maintained
- Twelve or more years in medical coding with at least five leading coding teams at scale
- Multi-specialty depth: two or more of hospital inpatient and outpatient, physician services, behavioral health and ABA, ASC, dental or HCC risk adjustment
- Built and run a coding QA program with a defensible sampling methodology, not spot checks
- Has defended coding decisions in a real payer or RADV audit and can walk through how it was resolved
- Fluent in CPT, ICD-10-CM, HCPCS, NCCI PTP and MUE edits, and modifier discipline
Bonus
Strong plus, not required
- CPMA or auditing credential in addition to a production coding certification
- Experience governing an AI or computer-assisted coding tool alongside certified coders
- Experience training and certifying coders at cohort scale
- Exposure to US client-facing quality reviews
Accountability
How this role is measured
| Measure | What it means |
|---|---|
| Audited coding accuracy | 95 percent or better, reported by specialty. |
| Audit defense outcomes | Findings overturned or upheld, with root cause closed. |
| Turnaround time | Coding TAT against client SLA commitments. |
| AI override rate and quality | How often coders override CorePulse, and who was right. |
| Certification attainment | Percentage of the team certified and current. |
| Coder productivity | Charts per coder per day at the accuracy standard. |
Why ASP-RCM
Why this seat is different
We are senior-led by design. A senior partner is named on accounts and shows up in the work, which is why clients renew and why this role carries real authority rather than a title. Our AI suite is in production, not in a roadmap deck, and our compliance posture is independently audited: SOC 2 Type II with HITRUST, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.
We pay for certifications and run upskilling cohorts, because coding and revenue cycle are crafts that need investment. You will work across Dallas HQ, six US states and Chennai, India, with colleagues who have run these functions at scale.