Required Medical Coder, Chennai

-A role that offers a breadth of learning opportunities
-Fantastic work culture
-Join a well known brand within Hospital / Health Care / Healthtech
Our client business line leading in managed services, focusing on hybrid cloud & infrastructure, employee experience and technology services, through decarbonized, automated and AI-enabled solutions.
The Job
Job Summary
Assigning codes accurate to the documentation and based on the coding guidelines as applicable to the scope and specialty.
Maintaining the productivity & accuracy standards
Ability & willingness to learn new updates and guidelines
Demonstrate the skills acquired through training during ramp up
Maintain accuracy at 95% on day to day coding.
Maintain productivity at 100% on day to day coding.
Ideal Candidate
Qualifications:
CCS (AHIMA) Certification is mandatory from ED or OP facitlity
Coders with min 1 years of ED facility Coding experience with Credentials CCS certificate (AHIMA)
Outpatient coder is responsible for reviewing all patient files for accuracy, and coding that information into the computer system so that the records will indicate all relevant data, such as the reason that the patient was admitted, type of illness and breakdown of the treatment that was prescribed and received.
Skills and Experience:
Person should have thorough knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, the ability to read handwritten documentation, and read, abstract, assign and review diagnoses and procedure codes from the medical records.
Coder should have thorough knowledge in review patient histories, operations, chart reviews, consultation and discharge summaries to support codes selected for billing
Utilize ICD-10-CM and/or PCS to select the diagnosis-related group (DRG) assignments for each case
Key Responsibilities
Coders will also be expected to serve as auditors and involve in auditing the work of entry level and intermediate coders.