Clinical Coding Specialist/Manager

Falcon Chase International; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Falcon Chase International is seeking an experienced Clinical Coding professional to support inpatient coding operations within a healthcare environment. The role emphasizes accurate ICD-10 and OPCS-4 coding, documentation clarification with clinicians, and participation in audits to ensure coding quality and governance.

You will work with EHR and PAS systems, mentor colleagues, and contribute to productivity targets while upholding high standards of accuracy and compliance across the coding

Qualifications

• Accredited clinical coder with NCCQ/ACC or equivalent.
• Strong ICD-10 and OPCS-4 knowledge.
• Recent Clinical Coding Standards refresher within the last 3 years.
• Hands-on inpatient coding across multiple hospital specialties.
• Good medical terminology, anatomy and physiology.
• Experience with EHR, PAS and coding tools.
• Strong attention to detail and data quality.

Responsibilities

• Review inpatient records and assign ICD-10 and OPCS-4 codes across specialties.
• Ensure accurate diagnoses, comorbidities, complications and procedures are coded.
• Clarify diagnoses/procedures with clinicians when needed.
• Conduct coding quality reviews, validations and audits.
• Identify coding errors and gaps to improve accuracy.
• Support productivity, workload management and reporting targets.
• Provide guidance and support to colleagues as needed.
• Maintain coding standards, governance and continuous improvement.

Skills

NCCQ/ACC

ICD-10

OPCS-4

EHR

PAS

Coding tools

Attention to detail

Education

Tools

EHR systems

PAS

Coding tools

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Clinical Coding professional to support clinical coding operations within a healthcare environment. The ideal candidate will have strong hands‑on experience in inpatient clinical coding, with exposure to coding quality, audit, operational delivery or team coordination.

Key Responsibilities

• Review inpatient medical records and accurately assign ICD-10 and OPCS-4 codes across a range of clinical specialties.
• Ensure accurate identification and coding of diagnoses, co-morbidities, complications and procedures.
• Review clinical documentation and liaise with clinicians to clarify diagnoses and procedures where necessary.
• Undertake coding quality reviews, validation and audit activities to ensure compliance with national coding standards.
• Identify coding errors, documentation gaps and opportunities to improve coding accuracy and quality.
• Support coding productivity, workload management, reporting and achievement of operational targets.
• Provide technical guidance, feedback and support to colleagues, where required.
• Contribute to maintaining coding standards, governance and continuous improvement across clinical coding activities.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Recognised Clinical Coding Accreditation (NCCQ/ACC or equivalent).
• Strong practical knowledge of ICD-10 and OPCS-4 classification systems.
• Recent Clinical Coding Standards Refresher Certification (within the last three years).
• Hands‑on experience in inpatient clinical coding across multiple specialties within a hospital or healthcare environment.
• Good understanding of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology.
• Experience working with Electronic Health Records (EHR), Patient Administration Systems (PAS) and clinical coding tools.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical skills and commitment to coding accuracy and quality.

Additional Experience

• Experience in clinical coding audit, quality assurance or validation.
• Exposure to complex and high‑acuity inpatient coding.
• Experience supporting coding teams, mentoring colleagues or coordinating workloads.
• Understanding of coding productivity targets, FCEs, SLAs, KPIs and operational reporting.
• Experience liaising with clinicians and healthcare stakeholders.

Experience Level

We welcome applications from Clinical Coding professionals with approximately 2-5+ years of relevant post-accreditation experience, depending on their level of expertise and responsibilities.