Senior Coder - ED Facility

Overview

Senior coder role in Guidehouse India's Coding Operations team, focused on emergency department facility coding.

What you'll do

• Accurately transform medical diagnoses and procedures into ICD-10-CM, CPT and HCPCS codes.
• Ensure daily coding volumes for the team are turned around accurately within the specified turnaround time.
• Check input volumes allotted by the Team Lead and report coding as per client and coding guidelines, maintaining operational quality and productivity.
• Interact regularly with the Team Lead and act on feedback.
• Understand in detail the workflow, procedures and specific criteria for the assigned client.
• Meet monthly targets with accuracy above 95% consistently.
• Attend weekly QA and team meetings without fail and respond in two-way communication with the Quality Analyst and Team Lead.

What you'll need

• Graduate.
• Minimum of 2+ years of experience in ED facility coding.
• Strong ability to interpret medical records of patients in different specialties.
• Certification from AAPC or AHIMA (CPC, COC, CCS).
• Ability to communicate, with excellent interpersonal, listening and organizational skills.
• Ability to work with speed and accuracy.
• Good analytic skills and proficiency in accurately coding medical records using ICD-10-CM and CPT conventions, especially emergency room coding and ED facility work types.

Nice to have

• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Knowledge of coding software such as 3M and Encoder Pro.

Details

• Location: Chennai, India.
• Travel: None.
• Clearance: None.