Qualification: Any graduate and postgraduate in health science background.
Certification: Preferably AAPC, AHIMA, CPC, CRC certified.
Roles and Responsibilities: -
- Abstract information from documentation and assign appropriate ICD-10 codes
- Ensure codes are accurate and sequenced correctly by guidelines.
- Ensure compliance with medical coding policies and guidelines.
- Proficient coding of charts across a variety of specialties with over 99% accuracy
- Follow up with the supervisor on any documentation that is insufficient or unclear
- Work as part of a team and help team to achieve the goals in quality and productivity standards.
- Maintain patient confidentiality and strict adherence to HIPAA.
- Applying subject expertise in evaluating business operations and processes.
Requirements
Successful Candidate must have:-
- Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology
- Apply understanding of anatomy and physiology to interpret clinical documentation and identify applicable medical codes.
- Well-versed with ICD-10 guidelines and their implementation
- Exceptionally skilled in determining valid encounters including legibility and valid signature requirements of medical record.
- Quality checking of the coding of the documents done by the associates.
- Keeping track of the errors and calculating accuracies of the associates.
- Proficient in reviewing medical records and determining the accuracy and completeness of the document
- A critical thinker who ensures that all coding activities are properly managed as per scope
- Solves moderately complex problems on their own.
- Should have an ownership mindset with respect to the guidance, team support and maintaining team’s quality.