Clinical Coding Delivery Lead - Inpatient Specialist

RED Global; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

RED Global, on behalf of a Key Client Partner, seeks an experienced Clinical Coding - Delivery Manager to lead coding operations, quality, and service delivery while remaining actively involved in coding complex inpatient cases across multiple specialties.

You will review records, assign ICD-10 and OPCS-4 codes, ensure accuracy and compliance, manage backlogs, monitor throughput, and drive a 90% accuracy target; collaborate with clinicians and client stakeholders to improve processes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years post-accreditation clinical coding experience.
• Proven experience coding inpatient episodes across multiple specialties.
• Experience managing coding operations, productivity targets and service delivery.
• Experience working with clinicians and client stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Review patient records to assign ICD-10 and OPCS-4 codes per standards.
• Code complex, high-acuity inpatient cases independently.
• Collaborate with clinicians to clarify diagnoses and procedures.
• Ensure coding accuracy, completeness and compliance with standards.
• Monitor backlog and throughput; manage productivity and SLAs.
• Escalate complex coding and operational issues as needed.
• Present performance reports and SLA metrics.

Skills

Clinical coding

ICD-10 coding

OPCS-4 coding

Multi-specialty coding

Education

NCCQ ACC

Standards refresher cert

Tools

EHR

PAS

Encoder

Job description

RED Global, on behalf of a Key Client Partner, seeks an experienced Clinical Coding - Delivery Manager to lead coding operations, quality, and service delivery while remaining actively involved in coding complex inpatient cases across multiple specialties.

You will review records, assign ICD-10 and OPCS-4 codes, ensure accuracy and compliance, manage backlogs, monitor throughput, and drive a 90% accuracy target; collaborate with clinicians and client stakeholders to improve processes.