Dental Billing Coordinator Job Description Template
Copy it, edit the bracketed parts, and lead with the claims and AR work, not "handles insurance."
Most billing-coordinator postings blur into a front-desk listing, which tells an experienced biller the practice hasn't thought about what the role actually owns. Lead with claims, verification, EOBs, and AR — that's the job — and the applicants you get will be the ones who've actually done it.
At a glance
check current local listings — see the note below
Salary to quote
No sourced figure
no certifying body — quote experience instead
Credential line
None required
the three things that separate this from front-desk work
Core skills
CDT codes, EOBs, AR
What to include
Lead with claims and AR, not "insurance." Say plainly that the role owns submitting claims, verifying coverage before treatment, posting payments, and following up on unpaid balances.
This is the single biggest self-selection signal for an experienced biller.
Name the specific skills. CDT-code fluency, reading an EOB, and working an AR aging report are concrete enough that a real candidate will recognize them — see CDT codes and how to read a dental EOB for what each actually involves.
Be honest on pay. There's no dental-specific BLS figure or clean aggregator estimate for this role — see what to pay for how to set a number anyway.
Quote a real range for your market rather than guessing at a national one.
What's not required. No license or certification — there is no certifying body for this role — so don't ask for one.
Say explicitly that you're hiring on demonstrated experience.
The template
Paste this and replace the bracketed parts. Don't quote a certification requirement — there isn't a certifying body for this role — and don't guess at a salary line; check local listings first.
[PRACTICE NAME] — Dental Billing & Insurance Coordinator ([FULL-TIME / PART-TIME]) Pay: $[X]–$[Y] per [hour/year], depending on experience Schedule: [DAYS AND HOURS] Location: [CITY, STATE] About the role We're hiring a dental billing and insurance coordinator to manage the revenue side of a [SIZE]-operatory practice in [CITY]. You'd own claims submission, insurance verification, payment posting, and follow-up on unpaid balances — not front-desk check-in. What you'd do - Submit claims using correct CDT codes and track them through to payment - Verify insurance eligibility and benefits before treatment - Read EOBs and post payments, adjustments, and denials accurately - Work the AR aging report and follow up on unpaid balances — insurance and patient - [ADD your practice's specific claims/PMS workflow or reporting cadence] What we're looking for - Demonstrated experience with dental claims, EOBs, and AR follow-up — [YEARS] preferred - Fluency with CDT codes - Familiarity with [YOUR PMS — Dentrix / Eaglesoft / Open Dental] and your clearinghouse - No license or certification required What we offer - $[X]–$[Y], depending on experience - [BENEFITS: health, PTO, retirement] To apply: [HOW TO APPLY]
Don't write a front-desk job description with a different title
The most common mistake in a billing-coordinator posting is duties copied from a front-desk listing — scheduling, check-in, answering phones — with "insurance" added as one line.
An experienced biller reads that as a front-desk job and passes.
See billing coordinator vs. front desk for exactly where the two roles split, and write the posting around what this role owns after the visit, not around what the front desk owns at check-in.
After you post
Weight the interview toward concrete examples — a real claim, a real denial, a real AR follow-up — since there's no license or certification to check first.
See the interview questions guide for what a strong answer sounds like.
Be ready to talk pay specifically in the first conversation.
Without a published benchmark for this role, candidates will compare your number to their last job's, so know your range before you're asked.
Ready to post it?
Your listing goes in front of billing coordinators actively looking, and you can edit it after it is live.