Clinical Coder: Inpatient ICD-10/OPCS-4 Expert

Qualient Technology Solutions UK Limited; England; Sur place; GBP 30 000 - 42 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Qualient Technology Solutions UK Limited is seeking a Clinical Coder with 2+ years of experience to translate patient records into ICD-10 and OPCS-4 codes, ensuring accuracy for healthcare reporting and quality improvement.

The role requires strong medical terminology knowledge, independence, and ability to work with clinicians to verify diagnoses and procedures while maintaining high coding quality and productivity.

Qualifications

• NCCQ Accreditation (ACC)
• Clinical Coding Standards Refresher training certification within last 3 years
• Degree or equivalent training and experience

Responsabilités

• Review and analyse patient records to accurately identify and abstract diagnoses, co-morbidities, complications and procedures relevant to each inpatient episode.
• Assign accurate ICD-10 and OPCS-4 codes in accordance with national clinical coding standards, conventions and guidelines.
• Code complex clinical specialties and deceased patient records, liaising with clinicians where required to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Maintain high standards of coding quality and productivity, contributing to the delivery of timely and reliable clinical data.
• Provide expert advice on complex coding issues, explaining coding decisions and rationale to clinical, medical and administrative staff.
• Collaborate with clinicians to clarify diagnoses, procedures and emerging clinical practices to support accurate code assignment.
• Share specialist knowledge and provide support, guidance and technical advice to colleagues within the Clinical Coding team.
• Plan and manage a personal workload effectively, working independently to meet agreed objectives and deadlines.
• Contribute to the achievement of monthly coding targets and support team performance during periods of absence or increased workload.
• Use patient administration, pathology, radiology and other clinical systems to gather and validate information required for coding.
• Ensure coded data, patient demographics and admission, transfer and discharge details are recorded accurately and promptly.
• Identify and report data quality issues to ensure patient activity is accurately captured within Trust systems.
• Maintain professional competence through continuous learning, participation in coding reviews and completion of mandatory national refresher training.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of coding quality, data accuracy and compliance with national standards

Connaissances

ICD-10

OPCS-4

Medical terminology

Formation

Degree or equivalent training

Description du poste

Qualient Technology Solutions UK Limited is seeking a Clinical Coder with 2+ years of experience to translate patient records into ICD-10 and OPCS-4 codes, ensuring accuracy for healthcare reporting and quality improvement.

The role requires strong medical terminology knowledge, independence, and ability to work with clinicians to verify diagnoses and procedures while maintaining high coding quality and productivity.